First World War Class 10

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FIRST WORLD WAR


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Causes of

World War IM

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I

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ilitarism policy of building up strong military

forces to prepare for war

lliances - agreements between nations to aid and

protect one another

ationalism pride in or devotion to ones country

mperialism when one country takes over anothercountry economically and politically

ssassination murder of Austrian Archduke

Francis Ferdinand

MANIA


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Causes of WWI - MilitarismCauses of WWI - Militarism

1.Europe divide into vast armed camps

2.Each country had acquired colonies and

to protect these had started to build

powerful Naval Forces

3. If one country increases its armaments,

other countries are compelled to do the

same

4.Krupps of Germany , Vicker Armstrong of

England, Schneiders of France


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1910-1914 Increase inDefense Expenditures

France 10%

Britain 13%

Russia 39%

Germany 73%

Causes of WWI - MilitarismCauses of WWI - MilitarismTotal Defense Expenditures for the GreatTotal Defense Expenditures for the Great

PowersPowers


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Triple EntenteTriple Entente::Trip

le EntenteTriple Entente:: Triple AllianceTriple Alliance::Trip

le AllianceTriple Alliance::

Causes of WWI - AlliancesCauses of WWI - Alliances

Germany

Austria-Hungary

Italy

Great Britain

France

Russia


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Causes of WWI - NationalismCauses of WWI - Nationalism


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MILITANT NATIONALISM

1. Competetive Patriotism

2. Kaiser William II of Germany

3. Defeat of Francein Franco-Prussian War (1870-71)

4. Seized Alsace and Larraine

5. Pan-Slav Movement


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Causes of WWI - NationalismCauses of WWI - Nationalism

Pan-Slavism -movement to unify all of the Slavicpeople


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Causes of WWI - ImperialismCauses of WWI - Imperialism1.Rivalryamongthe European Nations

forcoloniesin Asiaand Africa

2.Britain was followed by France

3.Germany entered late (1871)

4.Case of Morocco (Britain wasto keep

Egyptand France Morocco. Mattersolved by Americanintervention)


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Causes of WWI - ImperialismCauses of WWI - Imperialism


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Causes of WWI Balkan

Wars


Wars1.1908 Austria annexed Bosnia. Serbiawanted to annex these areas due toPan-Slav movement.

2.Russia was against Austria but dueto German support could do nothing.

3. In 1913 during second Balkan war

Serbia defeated Bulgaria an ally ofAustria. This angered Austria and

Germany was ready to support her

against Serbia.


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Wars


Wars


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The

Spark

The

Spark


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Causes of WWI - AssassinationCauses of WWI - Assassination

Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie

at Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28th, 1914.


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AustrianArchduke

Francis

Ferdinand

was killed inBosnia by a

Serbian

nationalist

who believedthat Bosnia

should

belong to

Serbia.


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Gavrilo Princip after

his assassination of

Austrian Archduke

Franz Ferdinand.


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The Point of No Return:

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Germany declares war on Russia.

France pledges their support for Russia.

Germany declares war on France.

Germany invades Belgium on the way to France.

Great Britain supports Belgium and declares war on

Germany.


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World War IWorld War I

Allied PowersAllied Powers::Allied PowersAllied Powers:: Central PowersCentral Powers::Central PowersCentral Powers::

Great Britain

France

Russia

Italy

Germany

Austria-Hungary

Ottoman Empire


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WAR

END OF

WAR1. Treaty ofBrest-Litovsk 1917 - Ended war between

Germanyand Russia

2. July1918 USA entered war ontheside of Allied forces.

Germans were pushed back

3. 11November1918 Germanysurrendered. The dayis

knownas The Armistice Day


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WAR

END OF

WARTreaty of Versailles 28June19191. Germany declared guilty of war, pay 33 billion dollars,

evacuate all places captured during war

2. Area of Rhine valley was to be demilitarised

3. France got back Alsace and Lorraine

4. Poland was created

5. Germany lost all her colonies

6. German army was reduced

7. Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia given

independence

8. League of Nations established


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WAR

RESULTSOF

WAR1. Loss of Life

2. Monetary Loss

3. Territorial Rearrangements

4. Emergence of New Ideologies

5. National Self Determination

6. Emergence of United States as World Power

7. The League Of Nations


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NATIONS

LEAGUE OF

NATIONS1. Aim was to promote International Peace and Security

2. Members were required :

Not to resort to war

Honour the relations with other nations

Respect all treaty obligations

3. Membership 42 members, New admission wit two third

majority

4. Organs Assembly, council, Secretariat and Permanent courtof International Justice. Also International Labour Organisation

(ILO).


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