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Causes of WW1 - Coggle Diagram
Causes of WW1
Alliance system
Triple Alliance
Germany
Ottoman empire
Austria-Hungary
Triple Entante
Russia
France
Caused
Tension
Anxiety
Anglo-German rivarly
Naval Rivarly
German doubled its battleship fleet(1916)
Britain responded by
Increasing its navy
Building a new battleship(HMS Dreadnought)
Germany built a hole fleet of them
England: 17
Germany: 29
Military spending
European countries more than doubled theie spending on armies
Introduction of conscription(1871)
Huge standing armies
Destructive weapons were developed
Plan for war
Germany: The Schlieffen plan
Invade Belgium to surprise France
Invade France
Move all the troops quickly to the front of Russia
France: Plan 17
High-speed mobilization
Speedy attack
Capture Alsace and Lorraine
Assesination of Franz Fredinand