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Europe 1870-1918

Europe 1870-1918. Europe 1870-1918. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD2GJAxYtW8. The Franco-Prussian War. The first war of this dramatic period…. Prussia stands victorious over a broken France. Students in Paris man the barricades against a Prussian attack.

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Europe 1870-1918

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  1. Europe 1870-1918 Europe 1870-1918 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD2GJAxYtW8

  2. The Franco-Prussian War The first war of this dramatic period… Prussia stands victorious over a broken France Students in Paris man the barricades against a Prussian attack

  3. The Iron Chancellor: Otto von Bismarck After defeating France, the Prussian leader Bismarck unifies Germany, 1871

  4. The European powers ‘scramble’ for Africa The European powers ‘scramble’ for Africa A race began to grab a piece of the ‘cake’ of Africa as European countries tried to build up a strong and wealthy empire!

  5. At the expense of African tribes The Battle of Rorke’s Drift between British soldiers and Zulu warriors

  6. The consolidation of the British Empire

  7. Russia’s Tsars cling onto power in the face of military defeat and social unrest

  8. Arms Race Arms Race Whilst Britain and Germany compete to build the biggest army and Navy in the first ARMS RACE!

  9. Alliances are made And war seems increasingly likely

  10. Assassination at Sarajevo Gavrilo Princip provides the spark….

  11. Archduke Franz Ferdinand By assassinating Franz Ferdinand setting off a train of events which plunges the World into the GREAT WAR…….

  12. ending in defeat for Germany And an unpopular Treaty signed at Versailles near Paris.

  13. With harsh REPARATIONS and loss of land for Germany

  14. The seeds were sown for the rise of a new dictator... "What the king [Frederick the Great] conquered, the prince [Bismarck] shaped, the Field Marshal [Hindenburg] defended, was rescued and united by the soldier [Hitler]."

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