World War I Causes and Alliances

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World War ICauses and Alliances
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The MAIN Causes of WWI

• M Militarism
• A Alliances
• I Imperialism
• N Nationalism

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Alliances

• Before the War
• Triple Alliance Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
• Triple Entente France, Great Britain, Russia
• During the War
• Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary,
  Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Italy (switches sides
  in 1915)
• Allies France, Great Britain, Russia, U.S.A.
  (1917), and other nations

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Igniting Incident

• June 28, 1914 - The assassination of Austrias
  Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife, Sophie, in
  Sarajevo, Bosnia
• Responsible group Serbian nationalist and
  member of Black Hand, Gavrilo Princip

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The Domino Theory(Chain Reaction)

• Austria sends Serbia an ultimatum
• July 28, 1914 Austria declares war on Serbia
• Russia mobilizes troops
• Aug. 1, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia
• Aug. 3, 1914 Germany declares war on France
• Germany wants to attack France by way of Belgium
  Belgium refuses
• Aug. 4, 1914 Germany declares war on Belgium
• Aug. 4, 1914 Great Britain declares war on
  Germany
• Aug. 6, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on
  Russia
• (Austria-Hungary Germany vs. Belgium, Great
  Britain, France, Serbia and Russia)

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Schlieffen PlanGermanys plan depended on SPEED
and avoiding fighting on two fronts.

• Rush through Belgium France to take Paris (the
  Western Front)
• 2. Then use trains to transport extra soldiers
  supplies to the Eastern Front (German Russian
  border) to fight Russians
• Plan failed Germany must fight war on two fronts

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WWI Technology

• Machine gun
• Big Bertha
• Poison Gas
• Tanks
• Flame throwers
• Airplanes
• U-boats

WWI German messenger dog.
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U.S. Enters War

• Germans employ UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
• SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA
• THE ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM

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Lusitania
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