World+War+1+Begins
World War 1 Begins (Page 1)
The start of World War 1
MAIN causes of WW1 (Page 2)
Militarism: belief in maintaining a strong military
Resulted in an arms race and suspicion among nations
Alliances: countries backing each other up
Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Entente: France, Russia, Great Britain
Imperialism: extending power and influence to other areas
Conflicting ambitions led to "little wars" in Africa & Asia
Ottoman Empire collapsing, European nations eager to "Pick up the pieces"
Nationalism: pride and superiority in one's nation
Resulted in tension in Europe
Serbian desire to unite Slavic peoples into one nation
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Page 7)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary assassinated by Black Hand Gang
Serbian nationalists who want Bosnia-Herzegovina to be part of their country
Austria-Hungary seeks German support in case Russia backs Serbia
Germany gives Austria-Hungary a "blank check"
Beginning of World War 1 (Page 8)
Austria-Hungary gives Serbia unreasonable demands for investigation
Serbia confirms Russian support
Serbia accepts all but one of the demands- Serbia will not let Austria-Hungary conduct their own investigation
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Escalation of the war (Page 9)
Russia mobilizes to defend Serbia
Germany and Russia exchange telegrams to prevent war
Germany tells Russia to stop preparing troops or Germany would join the war
Russia does not stop preparing, Germany mobilizes and declares war on Russia
Involvement of other countries (Page 10)
France and Britain join the war
Germany declares war on France
Austria-Hungary and Italy also involved
Schlieffen Plan (Page 11)
Germany wants to quickly defeat France while Russia is still preparing
Germany invades Belgium to get to France
Britain declares war on Germany for invading Belgium
Europe at war (Page 12)
Multiple countries involved in the war
Triple Entente, Central Powers, and neutral countries