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CAUSES FOR THE GREAT WAR

(THE WAR TO END ALL WARS)


“NEVER THINK THAT WAR, NO MATTER HOW NECESSARY, NOR HOW JUSTIFIED, IS NOT A CRIME.”
WHAT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ANSWER
AT THE END OF THIS SESSION
?
• Short term causes for the war
• Long term causes for the great war
• Why did Austria-Hungary Declare war on Serbia?
• Why did Russia want to defend Serbia?
• Why did Germany help Austria-Hungary against the Russia?
• Why did Germany attack France?
• Why did Britain declare war on Germany?
• What was the correlation between the Age of Imperialism and the outbreak of World War I?
EUROPE
1914
SHORT TERM OR
IMMEDIATE CAUSE

The Archduke of Austria-Hungary, heir to the Austro-


Hungarian throne1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and
family.
ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND

Gavrilo Princip - : "I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming


for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care The Black Hand Gang – Unification Or Death!
what form of state, but it must be free from Austria."
SUCCESSFUL INEPTITUDE
THE
BALKANS
THE JULY CRISIS

A timeline of the actions in July of 1914 leading up to the Great War

[6th July, 1914]


[28th June, 1914] Germany gives [25th July, 1914] [28th July, 1914]
[23rd July, 1914]
Assassination of sanction to any Serbian response Austria Invades
10 Demands
Franz Ferdinand decision taken by “Piss Off” Serbia
Austria-Hungary
LONG TERM CAUSES

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
MILITARISM
• Glorification of war and the
military
• Competition for military power and strength
• Arms race – competition to build up armed forces
and weapons
• Standing armies – soldiers trained and ready to
fight
• Conscription – mandatory participation of
civilians in the military, draft
• Increase in military spending
• Increasing influence of military in the government
• Example: Germany expanded its navy, Britain
soon followed with a bigger and better navy.
ALLIANCES

Allies
• Great Britain*
• France*
• Russia*
• Italy#
• Serbia
*The Triple Entente
Central Powers
• Austria-Hungary#
• Germany#
• Bulgaria
• The Ottoman Empire

#The Triple Alliance


ALLIANCES

• The goal of forming these


partnerships is to discourage other
countries from attacking members of
the alliance
• Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
• Russia comes to aid of Serbia
• Germany declares war on Russia
• Germany declares war on France and
prepares to invade Belgium
• Great Britain declares war on Germany
• Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
• France and Great Britain declare war on
Austria-Hungary
ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND
IMPERIALISM

• Policy in which stronger nations extend


their control over weaker nations
• Britain, France, Germany, and Italy
competing for land in Asia and Africa
• *Germany had the fewest
colonies
• Economic growth – countries wanted
to new markets to sell products
• Competition for expanding markets
led to military conflict
• Power and prestige of expanding
global empires
NATIONALISM
• Strong feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness
towards one’s country – Deep Devotion
• European nations’ need to show power and strength
• Freedom from foreign rule
• France wants Germany to return Alsace and Lorraine
lost in Franco-Prussian war
• People of the same nationality wanted to form their own
nation-state
• Slavs had a long-term goal to develop their culture
and unite into an empire
• Serbian nationals wanting to unite Bosnia with
Serbia
• Russia – protector of the Slavs
EUROPE IS A TINDER BOX
By the end of 1914, not only Europe as at war, but
also all of Europe’s colonies in Asia, Africa and
South America.

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