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History - Revision Shortened 2 (How it started (Assassination of Archduke…
History - Revision Shortened 2
Causes of War
Militarism
Race to build up military
Imperialism
Countries build large empires
Alliances
Agreements to protect
Triple Alliance
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Triple Entente
Britain
Russia
France
Ideology
Beliefs that determine the way a county is run
Nationalism
One country thinks it is better than others
How it started
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Austria blamed Serbia for assassination (23 July)
Austria declared war on Serbia, shelled its capital (28 July)
The Russian army got ready to help Serbia (29 July)
Germany warned Russia not to help (29 July)
Austria declared war on Russia (1 August)
Germany declared war on Russia. Moved its army towards France and Belgium (2 August)
The French army was put on a war footing (3 August)
Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium (3 August)
Britain declared war on Germany (4 August)
Britain ordered Germany to withdraw from Belgium (3 August)
Schlieffen Plan
Germany preparing for war since 1897
Faced on two fronts
Assumed France was weak
The plan started to go wrong when Russia mobilised its army but France didn't
Britain declared war on them on 4 August 1914
Assumed Russia strong but slow to mobilise
Life in the trenches
Parados
Wall furthest away from enemy
Parapet
Wall nearest to enemy
Barbed wire
Lethal wire in front of the trenches
Pretty grim
Trench foot
Prolonged exposure to water
Often bloody
Rats
Enlistment
750,000 people enlisted in first month
Why did men join up?
Glory
Money
Patriotism
Duty
See the world
Others were doing it
Propoganda
Posters
Rallies
Marches
Songs