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WWI Key Causes - Coggle Diagram
WWI Key Causes
Anglo-German rivarly
Naval rivalry that existed between Germany and Great Britain
Britain needed a navy to protects its empire
Britain expanded its navy
built HMS Dreadnought (1906)
Britain remained in the lead
Germany built its own dreadnoughts
started naval race
The alliance system
1907: Two rival alliance blocks
The Triple Alliance
Germany
Italy
Australia
The Triple Entente
Russia
Britain
France
Tension and anxiety
Alliance System
Key casual factor in the build-up of tension
The increase in military spending
The introduction of conscription
destructive weapons were developed
Plan for war
Plans
Germany: The Schleffen Plan
Attacking France quickly
Then shift forces east to face Russia’s mobilized army
France: Plan 17
Rapid mobilization to seize Alsace-Lorraine, then advance to the Rhine.
Austria-Hungary
Russia