Flashcards
Dates leading up to WW1
Cards in this deck (21)
- 1Triple Entente formed1907
France, Russia and the UK - 2Kruger Telegram1896
Wilhelm II -> Kruger in Transvaal - 3First Moroccan Crisis1905-6
Lands at Tangier
Algeciras Conference - 4Second Moroccan Crisis1911
Revolt in Fez
German gunboat - 5Bosnian Crisis1908-9
Austria annex Bosnia, international conference refused, recognised by Russia - 6Balkan Wars1912-13
Balkan League attack Turkey, Albania created, Serbs attack but withdraw without Russian support - 7Germany's Naval Laws1897, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1912;
- 8Germanys Army laws1912/13
extend by 20% to 800,000 - 9French Army LawsAug 1913
conscription 2-> 3 years - 10Russian Army LawsDec 1913
add 500,000 - 11War Council Meeting1912
pro-war: moltke, kaiser
anti-war : Tipritz
Bethmann didn't attend - 12Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand28th June 1914
- 13'Blank Cheque'5-6th July 1914
german unconditional support - 14Serbian reply to Austrian Ultimatum23rd July
9/10 agreed - 15Austrian declaration of War on Serbia28th July
- 16Kaiser returns from holiday28th July
- 17Partial Russian Mobilisation29th July
- 18Full Russian Mobilisation31st July
- 19German declaration of War in Russia1st August
- 20German declaration of War on France and Belgium invaded3rd August
- 21Britain declare war on Germany4th August
in protest of Belgium neutrality