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05.WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIO. 01.WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND…
05.WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIO.
01.WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND ALLIANCES
CAUSES OF THE CONFLICT
Imperialist ambitions
Germany had been 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
Nationalist rivalries
biggest industrial powers
Germany
France
They remained hostile during German unification
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)
Prussians had defeated France
seized territories of Alsace-Lorraine
Serbia
supported by Russia
rival of Austria-Hungary
An aggressive diplomacy
Each power tried to protect its interests by seeking alliances with other nations
The arms race
technological and industrial progress
new, more deadly weapons
Weaponry
Technological advances in the weapons
first metal aeroplane by the German company Junkers
machine guns
German Zeppelins
THE ALLIANCES
The Triple Alliance
Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary
Italy abandoned the bloc
Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria joined wen the war started
The Triple Entente
Russia, France and Great Britain
Italy ended up joining the Triple Entente
Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro were invaded by Germany
United States entered the war in 1917
Romania (1916) and Greece (1917) joined ----> development in the Balkan front
Japan declared war on Germany
