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World war I and the Russian revolution
01 World war I: causes and alliances
Causes of the conflict
Nationalist rivalries
Imperial ambitions
An aggressive diplomacy
The arms race
Weaponry
Manufacture of the first metal aeroplane by the German company Junkers in 1915
The alliances
The Triple Alliance (1882)
Formed by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire (1914) and Bulgaria (1915) joined the war
The Triple Entete (1907)
Formed by France, Russia and Great Britain
Italy abandoned the Triple Alliance, and joined the Triple Entete
In the middle of the war Russia abandoned and U.S joined (1917)
02 The course of the war
Casus Belli and chain reaction
A casus belli is the specific reason why a conflict begins
It was the assassination of the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
First phase (1914)
Called war of movement
Germany launched a rapid attack against France through Belgium with the intention of dominating it quickly
Second phase (1915-1916)
Called trench warfare of war of position
The Triple Entente troops held back the Germans on the Western Front along the Marne River
The battle of Verdun (1916)
One of the bloodiest battles of the Great War
The harsh conditions of trench warfare led to riots and mass desertion
The war reached Africa, the Aegean Region, the Caucasus and the Middle East
Third phase (1917-1918)
The revolution in Russia began
United States joined to the Triple Entente
William II proclaimed the Weimar Republic
The end of the war
Consequences of the war
Human losses
Economic losses
Political consequences
Peace treaties
All are known as the Treaties of Paris
The Treaty of Versailles was signed with Germany
Terms of the Treaty of Versailles
Compensation to the winners
The creation of a demilitarised zone in the German territory
Exclusion from the League of Nations
The proibihition of any attempt at union between Germany and Austria
