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FlashCards por taytaylm10, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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| The Triple Entente -Countries Involved : Great Britain, France, Russia -Formed in 1907 | The Triple Alliance -Countries involved: Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary -Formed in 1882 |
| Britain ~Main industrial country in Europe ~Had largest navy ~Not large population or soldiers ~Largest Empire "The sun never sets on the British empire" - 390 million ~Main concern - Germany's growing strength and expanding empire | Germany ~Had largest land army ~We want our place in the sun" ~Produce more iron/steel than Britain ~6 months into the war the prince said "Germany has lost the war" Afraid of being surrounded by unfriendly countries |
| France ~Small population but large army ~Until 1870, France had been most powerful empire in Europe until Franko Prussian War - Germans took French land (Alsace and Lorraine) Had some land in Vietnam, Cambodia and China. (Empire in Asia) | Italy ~Smallest population and small empire ~More soldiers than Britain ~Wanted to remain neutral in the event of war. (Neutral with Bri,Fra,Rus) ~Not a good friend/ally ~Not big/powerful ~Greedy, wants land from its allies |
| Russia ~Largest population (includes conquered people) - 164 million ~Had weak leader/illiterate/poorly train-Tsar Nicholas 2nd-shrivelled arm ~Largest country in the world, 9 subs ~No advanced industry - wanted to extend borders to fresh/warm water | Austria-Hungary ~Small navy, population and soldiers ~Started the war - assassination ~Had 62 submarines ~11 different nationalities - no unity ~slowly falling apart - Old man of Empire - in collapse ~Regions wanted independence |
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