⚔️ Road to World War I

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

German emperor whose aggressive policies led to WWI

• Weltpolitik

German foreign policy aiming for global influence

• Entente Cordial, 1904

Anglo-French agreement easing colonial tensions

• The First Moroccan Crisis, 1905

German challenge to French control in Morocco

• The Triple Entente, 1907

Alliance of Britain, France, and Russia

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand

His assassination sparked WWI

• The Ottoman Empire

Declining empire allied with Central Powers

• The Triple Alliance, 1882

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

• Dragutin Dimitrijevic

Serbian nationalist linked to assassination plot

• The Black Hand

Secret group behind Franz Ferdinand’s assassination

• Gavrilo Princip

Assassin of Franz Ferdinand

• The Blank Check

Germany’s unconditional support to Austria-Hungary

• The Schlieffen Plan

German strategy to avoid two-front war