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Bethmann Hollweg

German chancellor

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Erdmann

Calculated risk

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Turner

Tragedy of miscalculation

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Russian total world output of iron and steel

6%

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Russia railway network

Largest by 1910

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German railways increase

224% between 1870 and 1910

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Dreadnought stats by 1909

Britain 8, Germany 7

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General Moltke

War the sooner the better

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Entente Cordiale

To respect colonial spheres of influence

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Anglo Russian Convention

To end colonial competition in Central Asia

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Russo-French alliance

Military alliance

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Bosnian Crisis

1908

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Albania independent

1912

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Serbia territorial gains after Balkan wars

80%

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Moroccan crisis

1905

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Agadir Crisis

1911

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Bradshaw Fay

Collective mistakes

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Ferguson

Counter Fay. Diplomacy effective & anti-militarism rising

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Fischer Thesis

German foreign policy pursued deliberate war

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Fischer Thesis evidence

September Programme 1914

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Ritter

Counters Fischer

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Hobsbawm

Capitalism system to blame

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Stoessinger

Counters Hobsbawm. Role of leader

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Russian men mobilized

6 million, 1/3 without rifles

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German mistake in Belgium

Delayed invasion led to Battle of Marne

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Russian mistake in Austria/Germany

Invading simultaneously led to Battle at Tannenberg

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Battle of Ypres

1915 use poison gas ineffective

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Gallipoli campaign

1915 Russian failure

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Schlieffen Plan led to…

Battle of Marne 1914

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Battle of Marne led to…

British blockade, trench warfare, two-front war

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Battle of Ypres 1916

Poison gas

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Battle of Somme 1916

Allied 13km, Germany 7km despite massive casualties

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Battle of Verdun 1916

German victory however minimal territorial gains

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Brusilov Offensive 1916

Gains 96km however cannot hold it

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Sinking Lithuania led to…

Hollweg reduction submarine campaign

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Battle of Jutland 1916 ships

Germany 11, Britain 14

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Unrestricted submarine warfare 1917 led to…

Lloyd George convoy system

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German submarine warfare led to…

USA entry

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USA entry led to…

Failed Ludendorff Offensive 1918

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Failed Ludendorff Offensive led to…

Armistice November 11

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Treaty Brest Litovsk

Russian withdrawal

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Ludendorff Offensive land gained

65km

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