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A FRAGILE PEACE - Coggle Diagram
A FRAGILE PEACE
BISMARCKIAN SYSTEM by Bismarck
1rst system (1872)
League of the Three Emperors
alliances between
Austria-Hungary (Francisco Jose I)
Germany (Wilhelm II)
Russia (Nicholas I )
2nd system (1879-1882)
Dual Alliance
agreemnet with Austria-Hungary
later Italy joined
formed the Triple Alliance
revived the League of the Three Emperors
3rd system (1887)
reinforced the Triple Alliance
signed a Reinsurance Treaty with Russia
to guarantee the neutrality of Russia in case of a French attack
Mediterranean Agreement with
Great Britain
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Spain
SLAVIC NATIONALISM AND INSTABILITY IN THE BALKANS
parts of Eastern Europe were included in
Austria-Hunagry
Ottoman Empire
they were slavic
nationalist demands
were supported by Russia (slavic as well)
inestability in the Balkans due to the wars
THE BALKANS UNTIL 1878
THE BALKANS UNTIL 1913
CONTEXT OF THE LATE 19th CENTURY
The Belle Époque
period of properity+optimism
also great tension in international relations
1870-1890
Germany determined relations among countries
Bismarck designed a complex system of alliances
to isolate France
who wanted revenge for the Franco-Prussian War
AFTER THE FALL OF BISMARCK (1890)
Two groups were created
Triple Alliance
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Triple Entente
Russia
France
Great Britain
Arms race or armed peace
diplomatic tension between the groups increased
1905-1911
Germany and France
were about to start a war fro Morocoo
they wanted (specialy Germany)
its strategical location
its raw materials
1912-1913
the Balkan wars
first there was an alliance againts the Ottoman Empire by
Greece
Serbia
Bulgaria
Montenegro
they won
second the allies fought againts each other
Serbia had Russian support
Russia vs Austria-Hungary for the Balkans
they called fro the support of their groups
World War I (1914-1918)
the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
