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WWI KEY CAUSES - Coggle Diagram
WWI KEY CAUSES
Assassination of Archduke
The alliance sistems
The Triple Alliance of Germany
The Triple Entente of France
Were a significant cause of tension and anxiety
Were one key causal factor in the build - up of tension
Anglo - German Rivalry
Britain needed a navy to protect its empire
Britain responded by increasing its navy
New battleship: HMS Dreadnought
The increase in military spending
Arms race of Europe
Introduction of conscription
More destructive weapons were developed
The need to plan for war
Feeling that war was likely to happen sooner or later
Plans for what to do in the case of being attacked
Mobilization
No one had anticipated a war that would last more than a few weks
Germany: The Schlieffen Plan
Fight a war on two fronts (againts France and Russia)
France:plan 17
Austria - Hungary
Russia