6 Main causes of WW1

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
1. Gavrilo Princip
  1. Black Hand gang
2. Austria declares war on Serbia
  1. Backed up by Germany
    1. Invades Belgium
      1. Schlieffen Plan
      2. Britain backs up Belgium
        Treaty of London
        Belgium must remain a neutral country
    2. Declares war on France
  2. Gives them an ultimatum
    1. Serbia claims they need more time
      1. Austria threatens to take over Serbia
  3. Serbia is backed up by Russia
    1. Same race - Slavs
Alliances
1. 2 Alliances
  1. Triple Entente
    1. Russia
      1. Weakened by Japan
      2. 1907
    2. France
      1. Made an agreement in 1904 - Entente Cordiale (Friendly agreement)
    3. Britain
  2. Triple Alliance
    1. Germany
      1. Feared attack from Russia and France
        Encirclement
        Revenge attack
        Alsace-Lorraine, 1870
    2. Austria-Hungary
    3. Italy
      1. Wanted an empire
The Schlieffen Plan
1. Have to fight FR + RU at the same time - army split in 2, not as strong
2. Element of surprise
  1. Invade France through Belgium
    1. Britain helps Belgium
      1. Treaty of London
Bosnian Crisis
1. Serbia wanted Bosnia
  1. 3 million Serbs living there
    1. Russia supported Serbia
      1. Same race - Slavs
      2. Called a conference
        French did not want to be involved in a war with the Balkans
        Britain did not want a war with Germany, protested against Austria-Hungary
        Conference was in favour of Germany and Austria-Hungary
        Russia was humiliated
        Embarked on a massive military build-up
        Serbia felt bitterly hostile to Austria-Hungary
        Austro-German alliance became stronger
Moroccan Crises
1. Entente Cordiale
2. Anglo-French military conversations
3. Agadir Crisis
  1. Gibraltar
    1. Britain's main trading route
    2. Britain thought Germany wanted a naval base, threatening Britain's navy
  2. "The Panther"
    1. Gunboat sent by Germany
      1. Removed after deal with France
        Germany gets 2 strips of the French congo
4. France wanted to annex Morocco
  1. Independence of Morocco was supported by Germany
    1. Conference - Algeciras
    2. Wanted to be seen as a major power
      1. Were defeated at the conference, Germany felt humiliated
Arms Race
1. Germany wanted an empire like Britains
2. Britain had the biggest navy and empire in the world
  1. 3 Power standard
    1. Navy has to be as big as the next 3 biggest navy's combined
3. Dreadnoughts produced in 1904
  1. First made by Britiain
    1. Germany started to build up their arms too

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