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WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND ALLIANCES
causes of the conflict
Nationalist rivalries
France and Germany
remained hostile
Prussians had defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War
took possession of Alsace-Lorraine
Great nationalist tensions in the Balkans
Fought
to gain independence
to expand their territories
Serbia
supported by Russia
rival of Austria-Hungary
Imperialist ambitions
Germany was in disadvantage relative to France and Great Britain
Second German Empire
Europe's main industrial and economic power
claimed its own colonial territories
aggressive diplomacy
Each power protected its interests
by forming alliances with other nations
arms race
prepare for war rather than to avoid it
technological and industrial progress
industrial manufacturing of new, more deadly weapons, launching an aggressive arms race.
WEAPONRY
Great war
most devastating military conflict
technological advances in the weapons industry
Inventions
machine guns, tanks and armoured vehicles, German Zeppelins and airships...
killed people + polluted environment
enormous destructive power
the alliances
Triple alliance
Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary
later
Italy abandoned
because of its rivalry with Austro-Hungary
war started and joined triple entente
Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria joined once the war started
Triple Entente
Russia, France and Great Britain
Belgium, Serbia + Montenegro were invaded by Germany + Austro-Hungary (suffered)
1917 entered United States to the war, decisive role
Romania, greece joined due to developments
Japan declared war on Germanydue to its imperialist ambitions
