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A FRAGILE PEACE, bismarkian, alliance, belle epoque, allianes 3, morocco,…
A FRAGILE PEACE
STATES OF THE BISMARCKIAN SYSTEM
First system (1872)
the League of the Three Emperors
Austro-Hungary
Germany
Russia
Second system (1879–1882)
revived the League of the Three Emperors
Dual alliance
with Austria-HUngary
Italy joined later
the Triple Alliance
Third system (1887)
reinforced the Triple Alliance
Reinsurance Treaty
with the Russian tsar
to ensure Russia's neutrality in case of attack by France
Mediterranean agreements
Great Britain
Italy
Spain
Austria-Hungary
ARMED PEACE
After the fall of Bismarck
1890
two blocks in Europe
the Triple Alliance
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
the Triple Entente
Russia
France
Great Britain
tension between the two blocks
arms race
invested in military
take advance of industrialisation
sources
Morocco
France and Germany were near war
1905-1911
interests
strategic value
raw materials for the industry
Two Balkan wars
first
an alliance of Balkan countries
the Ottoman Empire
had to retire from Europe
1912-1913
second
the former allies fought each other
Serbia
had Russia's support
benefited from the war
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Greece
Word war I
the crash of the two blocks
main conflict
Russia
Austria-Hungary
for the control of the Balkans
SLAVIC NATIONALISM AND INSTABILITY IN THE BALKANS
in Eastern Europe
Slavic people were included into
the Ottoman Empire
the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Nationalist demands
supported by Russia
also Slavic
great political instability
several wars
Belle Époque
prosperity and optimism
tension in international relationships
Germany controlled the relations
a system of alliances
designed by Bismarck
to isolate France
after the Franco-Prussian war
