estudios 2

World War One and its Consequences

CONFLICTS SCALATE

At the beginning of the 20th century, the great Europeans powers were in competition for dominance of the continent, for the colonial expansion and for financial control of the world. Between Great Brittany, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia there were agreements and tensions to defend their economic and territorial interests.

CAUSES OF THE WAR

FRANCO - PRUSSIAN WAR (July 19, 1870 – May 10, 1871) It was a war in which a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France. The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified Germany.

CENTRAL POWERS

ALLIED POWERS

ARMED PEACE

THE BALKANS REVOLUTION

WAR BREAKS OUT!

In the middle of the second decade of the century, the countries were prepared for the war. For many countries, that was the “only solution”. Any incident would be motived to break up the war. June 28 of 1914, Franz Ferdinand heir to Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated by a Bosnian student who wanted to free his nation and bring it back to Serbia. Consequently, Austria-Hungary declared war to Serbia.