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WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND ALLIANCES
CAUSES OF THE CONFLICT
1914 --> a period of great economic prosperity
due to the Second Industrial Revolution
World War I / the Great War broke out in Europe
causes
Nationalist rivalries.
France and Germany remain hostile
because in the process of German unification Prussians defeated France
seized the territories of Alsace-Lorraine.
Imperialist ambitions.
Germany disadvantage in territorial colonies
Second German Empire was Europe’s main industrial and economic power
it claimed its own colonial territories.
An aggressive diplomacy.
Each power try to defend interest by seeking alliances
Armed Peace create
The arms race.
were preparing for war rather than to avoid it
due to technological and industrial progress
countries started the industrial manufacturing of
new, deadly weapon
aggressive arms race.
THE ALLIANCES
two blocs of alliances were created
Triple Alliance
1882
formed by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary.
Italy later abandoned
but Ottoman empire and Bulgaria join in
Triple Entente
1907
formed by Russia, France and Great Britain
also the colonial empires
wheb the war started
Italy ended up joining the Triple Entente
other movements NOT important
Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro --> invaded by Germany and Austria-Hungary,
United States entered the war in 1917 ( decisive role )
Romania and Greece joined
Japan declared war on Germany
