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1914-1918: The World at War.

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1 : The World at War

2 Its Been Called… “The Family Feud” “The War to End All Wars”
“The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

3 Europe in 1914

4 Causes of the War

5 Militarism Alliances Nationalism Imperialism Assassination
I. Five Causes of WWI Militarism Alliances Nationalism Imperialism Assassination

6 1910-1914 Increase in Defense Expenditures
1. Militarism Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers [Ger., A-H, It., Fr., Br., Rus.] in millions of £s. 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1914 94 130 154 268 289 398 Increase in Defense Expenditures France 10% Britain 13% Russia 39% Germany 73%

7 Strongly promoting the development of armed forces within a nation.
Best Army in Europe pre WWI = Germany Best Navy in Europe pre WWI = England

8 2. Alliances Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

9 Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

10 The Triple Entente (Allies) The Triple Alliance (Central Powers)
France, Russia, Great Britain The Triple Alliance (Central Powers) Germany, Austria – Hungary, Ottoman Empire

11 Victor Emmanuel II [It]
The Major Players: Allied Powers: Central Powers: Nicholas II [Rus] Wilhelm II [Ger] George V [Br] Victor Emmanuel II [It] Enver Pasha [Turkey] Pres. Poincare [Fr] Franz Josef [A-H]

12 3. Nationalism

13 Extreme Pride in one’s nation and culture.
“our way is the right way” Multiple countries in Europe felt this way

14 Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The “Powder Keg” of Europe

15 4. Imperialism

16 extension of a nation's territory beyond its borders through the establishment of colonies.
More competition

17 Assassination

18 Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

19 The Assassin: Gavrilo Princip

20 The Spark Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinard
Heir to the throne in Austria – Hungary Shot by Gavrillo Princip Part of radical group in Serbia Serbia had an alliance with Russia Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia They want revenge Eventually things spiral out of control due to the Alliance System

21 Who’s To Blame?


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