wanted a war to achieve its expansionist aims‚ which are referred to as Weltpolitik. This aggressive policy brought about the war because it was responsible for several major diplomatic crises that would eventually lead to war. Examples of these crises are the First Moroccan crisis of 1905-6‚ the Bosnian crisis of 1908-9‚ and the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911. In detail of the First Moroccan Crisis‚ Germany’s foreign policy‚ Weltpolitik made the German’s dissatisfied with its exclusion from world affairs
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EIGHT crises which preceded the war [BiG FaT BABA] 6. The story of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 7. FOUR steps by which the murder of Franz Ferdinand led to the outbreak war [ARSE]‚ including. 8. THIRTEEN key dates in the ‘slide to war’. You must do the following written work: • A cloze exercise on the Background to War • FIVE explanations of how the five background factors made war easier. • A cloze exercise on the Crises preceding the war. • An analysis of the Crises pre-1914:
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the other Powers. It was summed up in his statement that ‘nothing must henceforth be settled in the world without the intervention of Germany and the German Emperor’. This concept of expansion found expression in the intervention in the Moroccan Crises‚ the construction of the Baghdad railway‚ the launching of a large navy and the quest for colonies both in Africa and Asia. Through their naval and colonial ambitions they were seen to menace British and French imperial interests. By assuming the
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Describe one action taken by Britain and Germany in relation to their naives in the years 1900 -1914? Britain had the largest empire‚ which was protected by the British navy. But by 1914 Britain was no longer the dominant economic power‚ Britain was out-performed by Geramany. As they had supplies like coal‚ iron‚ chemicals and light engineering. Describe one action taken out by Germany/France/Britain in relation to their empir ein the years 1900-1914? British considered German main threat to
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is one of the most remembered wars in the history. There are many short and long-term causes that lead up to the war. Most important causes that contributed are the Bosnian Crisis‚ Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and the secret alliances. First critical cause that contributed to the war is the Bosnian Crisis in 1908. There was tension between A-H and Russia as the Balkans was important to both of them. Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and an agitated Serbia looked to Russia
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Why Did War Break Out In 1914? There are several reasons why war broke out in 1914. Reasons such as revenge and jealousy influenced the outbreak of war majorly and in the important events leading up to the war such as the Moroccan crises‚ the Bosnian crisis and the Balkan Wars‚ the concepts Nationalism‚ Militarism‚ Imperialism and Alliances were seen. These events could either be categorised into short term or long term causes. An example of a short term cause that led to the outbreak of war in
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in the late nineteenth century. Many leaders during this time saw a race to acquire the last territories open for colonization. This urgency to colonize led to several diplomatic incidents and fuelled rivalry between France‚ Germany‚ and Britain. In 1908‚ Austria-Hungary took over the province of Bosnia which used to be Turkish. This upset the Serbians that thought the province should belong to them. Serbia threatened Austria-Hungary with war and Russia allied with Serbia. Russia then mobilized its
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Which was the more important reason for the outbreak of the First World War in 1914: The Moroccan Crises in 1905 and 1911 or the Assassination at Sarajevo 1914? I think that the Assassination at Sarajevo was a more important reason for the outbreak of war because it triggered the war. It was because of the Assassination at Sarajevo that led directly to the outbreak of war. Morocco was one of the few places in Africa that hadn’t been colonised by a European Power. France was trying to gain control
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“Ethnic Cleansing” or a Euphemism Used in Attempt to Justify the Deaths of Many? The Holocaust Vs. The Bosnian Genocide Haylee Shannon English II Ms. Autumn Farless‚ Ed. S. Haylee Shannon English II Ms. Autumn Farless‚ Ed. S. “Ethnic Cleansing” or a Euphemism Used in Attempt to Justify the Deaths of Many? The Holocaust and the Bosnian Genocide are both often referred to as “ethnic cleansings”. This term implies that the actions that occurred in these genocides were not wrong and
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causes of this war. This essay will look at the extent to how the alliance system was a cause for the war by looking at how it divided Europe into 2 antagonistic power blocs‚ how the secrecy of alliances led to fear‚ suspicion and therefore caused crises‚ and how the alliance system could and did transform the many local disputes into general conflicts. On the hand other‚ this essay will also evaluate how three other factors‚ militarism‚ economic rivalry and domestic issues of European powers were
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