WWI 1 A Days before War Internal strife 1 Britain France and Germany A Britain Irish Home rule B France Dreyfus affair C Germany questions about imperialism D Austria Hungary 2 Sections of each nation welcomed the war as a savior A Talks of civil war in each country a Never came though 2 Start of the war 1 Bosnia A Separatists a Terrorist organization Opas the bee i ii iii i ii iii i ii i i Trained them to be assassins Russia was seen as the big brother Wanted to bring the Slavic people out of Austrian empire July 1914 Black Hand recruited a bunch of students in Sarajevo Murder heir to Austrian throne Well equipped with firearms Heir Franz Ferdinand Was actually a reformer and a radical People still wanted to kill him because of is lineage Could not have son succeed throne because of his marriage b Princip a patriotic fired up with Slavic pride Driver drove the wrong way and Princip killed him There to kill Ferdinand Seized by the crowd Black Hand thought it would result in a possible crises and the Slavs can break away Not put to death but died of tuberculosis first Instead cause the greatest war B Austria a People took the side of Austria because Ferdinand was murdered Sympathy erodes Balkans were the powder keg of Europe b Russia could not back down Lost the Japanese War and a previous war before You cannot back down multiple times and still be seen as great c Blank Check Germany gave Austria a blank check and would support Theory that if Austria invaded Serbia immediate within a week the world wouldn t be involved d Demands i Instead she took a while to decide what to do Could not do so and still be a sovereign nation Long list that the Serbians could not accept Would have given up a lot of independence Serbia looked to Russia for help Austria wanted Serbia to turn into a subservient state ii 2 Alliances A Serbia with Russia and France a b c If war came it would be a general war Britain was not obliged to take anyone s side i ii Italy was allied to Germany and Austria in defensive alliance i Entente was not a military clause treaty Entente separate from alliance system Maybe occupy British navy in Mediterranean B Austria prepared to send troops to Serbia in July a Russia looked to France and looked to Britain C Mobilization seen as an act of war a Arduous and awkward in the early 20th century Germans and Austrians were first to send troops to other nations Took days for troops to get one place to another Mobilization was not seen as an act of war yet Germans had the best mobilization due to their railroad system b Russians mobilized It was a long process because you have to prepare a lot Germans warned if Russians mobilized they would give an Ultimatum Russians and French did not stop D Thoughts by most people a Thought that God was on their side b The war would be short People thought it wouldn t last more than 4 months Assumption was that the economies would collapse c The war would be glorious because they would win Austrians want to put an end to Serbian interference Russians wanted to put an end to Austrian interference in Slavic French wanted to put an end to German threat since 1870 The September program Wanted to turn Europe into a German dominated market Achieve revenge d Everyone thought the war would be cheap because they would win Assumed that the cost of arming troops would be undercut by rewards in war i i ii i i i ii iii iv i 3 Start before the war 1 War Plans A Italy a Was unsure about war i ii B Britain Didn t know what would happen if she did Later joined the side of the Entente a Waited until the 4th of August to enter war Had a legit excuse to go to war because of Belgium Sent a last word that if Germans don t withdraw they would be at war C Germany a General Schlieffen who died in the late 1800s Still had the best mobilization Knew the worst case scenario was a war on 2 fronts First face and attack France Hoped that the plan would not be necessary Didn t work well when it ran into the British army Then keep army moving and turn to Russia Knock out Russia They were well trained b General Von Moltke c Problem of politics Said that the Russians did not matter because the French would be knocked out It s okay to leave the east open and focus on French first i i ii iii iv i i Belgium Belgium was occupied and treated cruelly It was in the way of the Schlieffen plan Germans asked if they can invade Of course said no 2 ii Journalists A Popularized the war a
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