Post on 13-Jan-2016
Nationalism
• Pride in one’s country
Nationalism
• Competition between European powers for industrial dominance and power
Imperialism
• A nation’s desire to dominate another country politically, socially, and economically
Imperialism
• Intensified European rivalries and mistrust toward one another as they competed for colonies in Asia and Africa
Militarism
• A policy glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war and able to mobilize troops quickly in case of war
Militarism
• Led to an arms race and formation of large standing armies and, eventually to military allies
Triple Alliance
• An agreement created by Germany who saw France as a threat to peace
• -Germany
• -Austria-Hungary
• -Italy
Triple Alliance
• Created an unstable and fragile alliance that tried to isolate France
Triple Entente
• Alliance among Britain, France, and Russia in which Britain pledged not to fight France and Russia
Triple Entente
• Established two rival camps in Europe- Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
• Created the possibility that any dispute between rival powers could draw all into war
Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
• A Serbian Nationalist murdered Archduke, heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne and his wife
Assassination of Arch Duke
• Provided Austria-Hungary with an excuse to launch war on Serbia, leading to a confrontation between Austria and Russia
Central Powers
• Germany
• Austria-Hungary
• Ottoman Empire
• Bulgaria
Allies
• Great Britain, France, and Russia
• Italy, Japan
• Belgium
• Montenegro
• Serbia
• Romania
• Greece
Western Front
• The deadlocked region along northern France that bordered the frontlines of the German advances
• Slaughter and stalemate were common
Eastern Front
• A stretch of battlefront along the border shared by Germany and Russia. Russians and Serbs battled against Germans and Austrians
• More mobile front than the West
• Slaughter and stalemate were common
Schlieffen Plan
• German battle strategy to fight a war on both fronts
• Plan to attack and defeat French quickly and then move troops to Eastern Front against Russia who had an under developed rail system for moving troops to the front