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Title: World War I Causes and Alliances


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World War ICauses and Alliances
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The MAIN Causes of WWI
  • M Militarism
  • A Alliances
  • I Imperialism
  • N Nationalism

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Alliances
  • Before the War
  • Triple Alliance Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
  • Triple Entente France, Great Britain, Russia
  • During the War
  • Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary,
    Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Italy (switches sides
    in 1915)
  • Allies France, Great Britain, Russia, U.S.A.
    (1917), and other nations

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Igniting Incident
  • June 28, 1914 - The assassination of Austrias
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife, Sophie, in
    Sarajevo, Bosnia
  • Responsible group Serbian nationalist and
    member of Black Hand, Gavrilo Princip

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The Domino Theory(Chain Reaction)
  • Austria sends Serbia an ultimatum
  • July 28, 1914 Austria declares war on Serbia
  • Russia mobilizes troops
  • Aug. 1, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia
  • Aug. 3, 1914 Germany declares war on France
  • Germany wants to attack France by way of Belgium
    Belgium refuses
  • Aug. 4, 1914 Germany declares war on Belgium
  • Aug. 4, 1914 Great Britain declares war on
    Germany
  • Aug. 6, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on
    Russia
  • (Austria-Hungary Germany vs. Belgium, Great
    Britain, France, Serbia and Russia)

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Schlieffen PlanGermanys plan depended on SPEED
and avoiding fighting on two fronts.
  • Rush through Belgium France to take Paris (the
    Western Front)
  • 2. Then use trains to transport extra soldiers
    supplies to the Eastern Front (German Russian
    border) to fight Russians
  • Plan failed Germany must fight war on two fronts

7
WWI Technology
  • Machine gun
  • Big Bertha
  • Poison Gas
  • Tanks
  • Flame throwers
  • Airplanes
  • U-boats

WWI German messenger dog.
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U.S. Enters War
  • Germans employ UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
  • SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA
  • THE ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM

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Lusitania
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