1 / 8

Causes of WWI

Causes of WWI. Militarism. Military control of the government; aggressive preparation for war Example: Germany - ruled by Bismarck and Kaiser William- building up a strong army & navy- making plans for war with different countries

farrah
Download Presentation

Causes of WWI

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Causes of WWI

  2. Militarism • Military control of the government; aggressive preparation for war • Example: Germany - ruled by Bismarck and Kaiser William- building up a strong army & navy- making plans for war with different countries • Schlieffen Plan- 2 way plan of attack in case of war with Russia, involved war with France as well. Why? Alliances. • All countries focused on building up their armies using conscription • (Conscription=like a draft- all young men are required to join the army for X # of years )

  3. Alliances • Countries formed alliances with other countries to gain security and protect their own interest against frowning foreign powers England formed alliances with France & Russia • Triple Entente • Germany formed alliances with Austria-Hungary and Italy • Triple Alliance

  4. Imperialism • The major countries of Europe during the 1800's made a major push for imperialism. • Imperialism: refers to the practice of extending political power, especially through the acquisition of conquered territory • This led to a push/pull between the countries and a struggle for power.

  5. Nationalism • Had been building throughout Europe for the last century • Austria-Hungary: ethnic groups pushing for independence and self-rule • In the Balkans: Serbs wanted to create an independent Serbian state combining all Serbian people. This included parts of Austria-Hungary

  6. Assassination • June 1914. Bosnia. The archduke of Austria, Francis Ferdinand, is touring the empire. • A Serbian group, the Black Hand, to show their displeasure at Austria-Hungary's refusal to release Bosnia to Serbs so it can be used to form the united • Serbian country, decides to assassinate the archduke • 1st attempt fails • 2nd attempt succeeds

  7. Consequences • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia • This triggers a series of alliances being brought into play, and military plans being implemented.

  8. Result The First World War begins.

More Related