France wants to gain control of it.Germany also wants it-part of
Weltpolitik
1905 Kaiser Visits Morocco. Rode streets on white horse. Announced that he would support Morocco in becoming an
independent state
1906-conference held. Austria-Hungary and Morocco supported Germany. Britain, Russia supported France. France given control with Spain over
Moroccan police.
France gained foothold in Morocco. Germany failed. Strengthened Triple
Entenete
The Bosnian Crisis
Where: Balkans- Occupied by
Slavs
Serbia-Leading Slav state in Balkans. Trys to unite all other Slavic nations under their
leadership.
Austria-Hungary concerned about Balkans. Slavs one of the races that live there. AH was worried that
Serbia wanted to until all Slavs living in Balkans. If this happened other races would start wanting
independence
1908-Revolution in Turkey. AH took the oppoutunity to annex Bosnia. Serbia annoyed-too small to do anything about it, called Russia for help.
Kaiser annoyed with AH. But promised support against Russia. Russia too weak- so backed down..
Effected main powers: AH now had full support of Germany. Italy didn't like the situation so become less keen on the alliance. Russia humiliated led to military improvements.. Triple entent closer together.