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Unraveling The Causes: The Prelude to World War I

Explore the intricate web of events including the Treaty of Bjorko, Dogger Bank Incident, the First Moroccan Crisis, and the Bosnian Crisis leading to the outbreak of World War I. Discover the complexities of alliances and tensions among major powers at the turn of the 20th century.

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Unraveling The Causes: The Prelude to World War I

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  1. Underlying Causes of ‘The War to End all Wars’ “ silly generals and pedantic diplomats” A J P Taylor

  2. The Madrid Convention of 1880

  3. Dogger Bank Incident

  4. The Treaty of Bjorko

  5. First Moroccan Crisis • 1905 – 1906 • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Russia, Spain

  6. Start of the Triple Entente France tried to bring Russia and GB together, but Dogger Bank incident as well as GB relationship with Japan made things difficult France, Great Britain, Russia

  7. Germany now circled? • Germany had circled herself out of the great power concert. • Only ally is Austria- Hungary

  8. “You English, are mad, mad, mad as March hares.   What has come over you that you are so completely given over to suspicions quite unworthy of a great nation? ... I have said time after time that I am a friend of England ... but you make things difficult for me.... The prevailing sentiment among large sections of the middle and lower classes of my own people is not friendly to England...” An interview with Kaiser Wilhelm II, published in the Daily Telegraph, 28 October 1908

  9. The Bosnian Crisis

  10. Huh? “Because of the altered state of affairs in the Ottoman Empire ... I am forced to announce the annexation of Bosnia.” Letter from Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary to Kaiser Wilhelm, 29 September 1908. “In order to raise Bosnia to a higher level of political life ...   The new order of things will be a guarantee that civilization and prosperity will find a sure footing in your home.” Franz Josef's Proclamation of the Annexation, 6 October, 1908 

  11. The Bosnian Crisis - Background

  12. The Bosnian Crisis

  13. Second Moroccan Crisis (Agidir Crisis) • 1911 • Germany, France, Great Britain

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