world war 1 overall

everything from world war 1

state

a nation of territory considered as an organised political community under one government

nation

a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting or identifying with a particular state of territory

nationalism

patriotic feeling, principles or efforts

franz ferdinand assassination

• took place on the 28th June 1914

• in Sarajevo, Bosnia

• shot by Gavrilo Princip, apart of the Black Hand gang (a group of 6 people)

• Api was the leader, wanted people to rebel

balkan wars

• happened in 1912-1913

• in the First Balkan War, they defeated the Ottoman Empire (Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro)

• disagreements over how the and should be split caused the Second Balkan War

• in the Second Balkan War, Bulgaria fought against its former allies and lost

• strengthened Serbia

• in 1908 Austria took over Bosnia

• Russia and Serbia were Slavs

slavism

the belief in the unity of Slav people

militarism

the belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend of promote national interests

source 1: number of dreadnoughts built by each power

• Britain had a lot of dreadnoughts

• Germany started after Austria Hungary took over Bosnia

• Britain increased in 1913

source 2: number in military 1900-1914

• everyone’s military increased in 1910-1914

• Britain decreased (0.5m-0.3m)

• Germany (0.7m-4.9m)

• Russia (1.3m-6.0m)

• Austria- Hungary (0.3m-3.0m)

• Italy (0.3m-0.7m)

triple alliance

Germany, Austria Hungary, Italy in 1882

Triple Entente

Britain, France, Russia in 1907

Moroccan Crisis

• 1911, anti French unrest in Morocco, made France send troops into the country

• Germany argued they broke a 1909 agreement (Treaty of Algeciras)

• July 1911, sent the gunboat Panther to the port of Agadir

• David Lloyd George strongly criticised Germany

• Germany back down in 1911, accepting French control of Morocco, in exchange for territory of French Congo

Schlieffen Plan

• Germany thought they were in a difficult position, surrounded and could face a war on two fronts

• to defeat France and then turn to the eastern front

• invade France through Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland

• assumed Russia would take several weeks to mobilise, Belgium would not resist, Britain would remain neutral

• all of the assumptions were incorrect

28th June

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

5th July

Germany gives a blank cheque of unconditional support to Austria

23rd July

Austria blames Serbia for the assassination

28th July

Austria declares war on Serbia, Belgrade (in Serbia) was shelled

30th July

the Russian army gets ready to go to war against Austria

31st July

Germany declares war on France and invades neutral Belgium, Britain orders Germany to withdraw from Belgium

1st- 3rd August

Germany declares war on Russia, moves army towards France and Belgium

2nd August

the French army is on a war footing ready to fight German invasion

3rd August

Germany sends a demand to Russia, ordering to hold back from helping Serbia

6th August

Austria declares war on Russia