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History - WW1, Before the War - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The Schlieffen Plan
        
        To invade France through Belgiun
      - The Germans had lost, but they didn't want to give up
      - They were strong enough to resist any counter-attack
      - People started digging trenches
    - - No-one could deliver the knockout blow
      - More than 2 million soldiers were involved in the war
      - Both sides started to dig permanent trenches.
- - - - Belgium had a sort of alliance with the Triple Entente
        
        Happened because Germany tried to invade
      - Germany tried to invade France through Belgium
  - - - Had taken over Bosnia
    - - Was only a part of this alliance for protection
      - Didn't really want to be a part of the war in general
        
        Italy formed a sort of alliance with Triple Entente
  - - - Had a great big empire
      - 45 million people
      - 711,000 soldiers
      - 185 + 64 warships
      - Worth £50 million
    - - 65 million people
      - 2,200,000 soldiers
      - 97 + 23 warships
      - Worth £60 million
    - - Russia was protecting Serbia
- - - - Black Hand Group
        
        Created the plot
      - Decided to do it when Archduke was driving by his cafe
  - - - Militarism is building up stocks of weapons and ammunition
      - To protect their empires, most countries had built up a huge supply of weapons
      - Germany & Britain had been serious rivals over the size of their navies
    - - Alliances are when groups of countries promise to support & protect each other in the event of war
    - - Competition over colonies
      - Britain had a huge empire
      - Austria-Hungary had an empire, and had recently taken over Bosnia
      - Germany was jealous of the size of Britain's empire
    - - A fierce pride in your country
      - Germany in 1914 believed they were the most powerful country in Europe
      - The Serbs did not want Bosnia to be part of the Austrian Empire