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6 Main causes of WW1
- Assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Gavrilo Princip
- Black Hand gang
- Black Hand gang
- Austria declares
war on Serbia
- Backed up by Germany
- Invades Belgium
- Schlieffen Plan
- Britain backs up Belgium
- Treaty of London
- Belgium must
remain a neutral
country
- Belgium must
remain a neutral
country
- Treaty of London
- Schlieffen Plan
- Declares war on France
- Invades Belgium
- Gives them
an ultimatum
- Serbia claims
they need more
time
- Austria threatens to take
over Serbia
- Austria threatens to take
over Serbia
- Serbia claims
they need more
time
- Serbia is backed up
by Russia
- Same race - Slavs
- Same race - Slavs
- Backed up by Germany
- Gavrilo Princip
- Alliances
- 2 Alliances
- Triple Entente
- Russia
- Weakened by Japan
- 1907
- Weakened by Japan
- France
- Made an agreement in
1904 - Entente Cordiale
(Friendly agreement)
- Made an agreement in
1904 - Entente Cordiale
(Friendly agreement)
- Britain
- Russia
- Triple Alliance
- Germany
- Feared attack from Russia
and France
- Encirclement
- Revenge attack
- Alsace-Lorraine, 1870
- Alsace-Lorraine, 1870
- Encirclement
- Feared attack from Russia
and France
- Austria-Hungary
- Italy
- Wanted an empire
- Wanted an empire
- Germany
- Triple Entente
- 2 Alliances
- The Schlieffen Plan
- Have to fight FR + RU at the same
time - army split in 2, not as strong
- Element of surprise
- Invade France through Belgium
- Britain helps Belgium
- Treaty of London
- Treaty of London
- Britain helps Belgium
- Invade France through Belgium
- Have to fight FR + RU at the same
time - army split in 2, not as strong
- Bosnian Crisis
- Serbia wanted Bosnia
- 3 million Serbs living there
- Russia supported Serbia
- Same race - Slavs
- Called a conference
- French did not want to be
involved in a war with the
Balkans
- Britain did not want a war with Germany,
protested against Austria-Hungary
- Britain did not want a war with Germany,
protested against Austria-Hungary
- Conference was in favour of
Germany and Austria-Hungary
- Russia was humiliated
- Embarked on a
massive military
build-up
- Embarked on a
massive military
build-up
- Serbia felt bitterly hostile to
Austria-Hungary
- Austro-German alliance
became stronger
- Russia was humiliated
- French did not want to be
involved in a war with the
Balkans
- Same race - Slavs
- Russia supported Serbia
- 3 million Serbs living there
- Serbia wanted Bosnia
- Moroccan Crises
- Entente Cordiale
- Anglo-French military
conversations
- Agadir Crisis
- Gibraltar
- Britain's main trading route
- Britain thought Germany wanted a naval
base, threatening Britain's navy
- Britain's main trading route
- "The Panther"
- Gunboat sent by Germany
- Removed after deal with France
- Germany gets 2 strips of the French congo
- Germany gets 2 strips of the French congo
- Removed after deal with France
- Gunboat sent by Germany
- Gibraltar
- France wanted to annex Morocco
- Independence of Morocco was supported by Germany
- Conference - Algeciras
- Wanted to be seen
as a major power
- Were defeated at the conference, Germany felt
humiliated
- Were defeated at the conference, Germany felt
humiliated
- Conference - Algeciras
- Independence of Morocco was supported by Germany
- Entente Cordiale
- Arms Race
- Germany wanted an empire like Britains
- Britain had the biggest navy and empire in the world
- 3 Power standard
- Navy has to be as big as the next 3 biggest navy's combined
- Navy has to be as big as the next 3 biggest navy's combined
- 3 Power standard
- Dreadnoughts produced in 1904
- First made by Britiain
- Germany started to build up their arms too
- Germany started to build up their arms too
- First made by Britiain
- Germany wanted an empire like Britains
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