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WWI Key Causes - Coggle Diagram
WWI Key Causes
THE ALLIANCE SYSTEMS
key casual factor in the build-up of tension
two rival alliance
Triple Entente
Russia
Britain
France
THE INCREASE IN MILITARY SPENDING
navel race between all the powers of Europe
introduction of conscription
more destructive weapons developed
Assassination of Archduke
ANGLO-GERMAN RIVALRY
Germany build its own fleet of dreadnoughts
Britain increased its navy
new battleship
HMS Dreadnought
Britain needed navy yo protect its empire
naval rivarly between Germany and Great Britain
THE NEED TO PLAN FOR WAR
the feeling that war was likely to happen
mobilization (railways) played an important role
no one had anticipated a war that would last more than a few weeks
PLANS
Germany: The Schlieffen Plan
attaking France quickly and then Russia
France: Plan 17
mobilization
capture Alsace and Lorraine
Austria-Hungary
Russia