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WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND ALLIANCES - Coggle Diagram
WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND ALLIANCES
CAUSES OF THE CONFLICT
1914
after a period of great economic prosperity
due to Second Industrial Revolution
World War I
root causes
An aggressive diplomacy
Each power tried to protect its interests
alliances with other nations
No forum for debate or international organisation
discuss conflicts between states
Armed Peace
Nationalist rivalries
biggest industrial powers
France
Germany
remained hostile
German unification
Prussians defeated France
seized Alsace-Lorraine
great nationalist tensions in the Balkans
The arms race
rivalry and imperialist ambitions
diplomatic initiatives prepare for war
led to the rearmament of states
technological and industrial progress
more deadly weapons
launching an aggressive arms race.
countries started the industrial manufacturing of new
Imperialist ambitions
Germany left at a disadvantage relative to France and Great Britain
Second German Empire was Europe’s main industrial and economic power
claimed its own colonial territories
weaponry
WW1 most devastating military conflict
Technological advances in the weapons industry
aviation played a fundamental role
first metal aeroplane by the Junkers in 1915
inventions of enormous destructive power
tanks
armoured vehicles
machine guns
German Zeppelins
airships
lethal mustard gas
killed people and left the environment polluted and barren.
THE ALLIANCES
if you want peace, prepare for war
inspired the diplomatic agreements between powers
to a great extent, heirs of the Bismarckian system
two blocs of alliances
Triple Alliance(1882)
formed by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary
Italy later abandoned
once the war started joined
Ottoman Empire(1914)
Bulgaria (1915)
Triple Entente(1907)
formed by Russia, France and Great Britain
Italy
rivalry with Austro-Hungarian Empire
abandoned the Triple Alliance
joined the Triple Entente
Other countries
invaded by Germany and Austria-Hungary
Montenegro
Belgium
Serbia
suffered greatly during the conflict
United States
entered war in 1917
played a decisive role
joined due to developments on the Balkan front
Romania (1916)
Greece (1917)
Japan declared war on Germany (1914)
imperialist ambitions in Asia and the Pacific
goal
to seize German concessions
China
Pacific islands
German Empire had acquired
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