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WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND ALLIANCES
CAUSES OF THE CONFLICT
Imperialist ambitions
the partition of colonies
Germany
had been left at a disadvantage
France and Great Britain
start of the 20th century
Second German Empire
and economic power
was Europe’s main industrial
it claimed its own colonial territories.
An aggressive diplomacy
Each power tried to protect its interests
by seeking alliances with other nations
or international organisation
was created to discuss conflicts between states.
This was the ‘Armed Peace’.
No forum for debate
Nationalist rivalries
Two of the biggest industrial powers
Germany
France
during the process of German unification
Prussians had defeated France
in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)
seized the territories of Alsace-Lorraine
great nationalist tensions in the Balkans
fought to
gain independence
such as the Kingdom of Serbia
supported by Russia
expand their states
The arms race
atmosphere of rivalry and imperialist ambitions
led to the rearmament of states
initiatives designed to prepare for war
countries started the industrial manufacturing
WEAPONRY
The Great War
most devastating military conflict in history
Technological advances in the weapons industry
contributed to this fact.
aviation played a fundamental role
inventions of enormous destructive power
THE ALLIANCES
Two blocs of alliances were created.
The Triple Alliance (1882)
formed by
Italy
Italy later abandoned this bloc
Austria-Hungary
Germany
joined once the war started.
Ottoman Empire (1914)
Bulgaria (1915)
The Triple Entente (1907)
formed by
France
Great Britain
Russia
Other countries participated in the Triple Entente, but very unequally.
