Who is the White Crow?

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Who is the White Crow?

• Born in Austria, 1889
• Moved to Germany when his mother died
• Wanted to be an artist
• Passed messages between the trenches for Germany
• Wounded twice, received the Iron Cross
• 1924 Ran from troops during a revolt a friend
  talked him out of committing suicide
• He is arrested and writes Mien Kampf
• Devastated by Germanys loss life goal to bring
  Germany back to its power and glory

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World War I (1914-1918)
CAUSES
Underlying
Immediate
Nationalism
Militarism
Assassination OF Archduke Ferdinand IN Sarajevo
, Bosnia ON June 28, 1914 BY Princip
Imperialism
Army Navy
Alliances
Patriotism
GB
Chauvinism
Russia Germany
Resources
Jingo
Prestige Strategic Advantage
Colonization Africa Asia
Triple Entente
Triple Alliance
Russia France Great Britain
Germany A-H Italy
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Franz Joseph Street
City hall
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15 Italy refuses to join A-H and Germany,
declares neutrality 14 Germany refuses and
invades Belgium, GB declares war on Germany (Aug.
5) 13 GB demands Germany respect Belgium
neutrality (Aug 4) 12 Germany asks Belgium if
it can march through and Belgium seeks support
from GB Germany asks Great Britain to remain
neutral (Aug 3) 11 Germany France declares war!
(Aug 3) 10 Germany declares war on Russia
(Aug 1) 9 Germany mobilizes (July 31) 8
Russia mobilizes and asks France for support
(July 30) 7 This was unacceptable to A-H,
declares war on Serbia (July 28) 6 Serbia
accepted 8 out of 10 demands (July 25) 5 A-H
issued Serbia a 10 Pt. Ultimatum with 48 hours to
answer (July 23) 4 Germany felt it could defeat
Russia and France if Britain remained neutral
(July 5) 3 Germany issued A-H a Blank Check
(July 5) 2 A-Hs foreign minister sought
backing of Germany if Russia supported Serbia
(July 1) 1 A-H felt it had the opportunity to
crush Serbia after Archdukes assassination on
June 28, 1914 (June 29)
The Road to War
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Who is to blame for the war?