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World War I Begins
Chapter 8 Section 1
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Long Term Causes
• Nationalism- National interests and unity should be placed ahead of global cooperation
• Imperialism- Expanding power and influence
• Militarism- The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
• Alliance System- Treaties of assistance
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Nationalism
• France v. Germany• France still angry over
Alsace and Lorraine in 1871Franco-Prussian War
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Nationalism
• Russia v. Austria-Hungary
• Russia considered itself protectors of Slavs (including Serbians)
• A-H also wanted influence over Serbia
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Nationalism
• Other ethnic groups ruled by other nations wanted a nation of their own…
• (Poland)Germany and A-H
• (Czechs) A-H-not even allowed to use their own language
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Imperialism
• Germany, France and Britain competing for colonies
• Germany got into the game later than Britain and France
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Militarism
• By 1890-Germany strongest nation in Europe-strong military
• Britain not worried at first-protected by navy
• 1897-Germany decides to become major naval power
• France, Italy, Japan and the U.S. quickly joined the naval arms race
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The Dreadnought
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Alliance SystemAllies vs. Central Powers
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Assassination Leads to War
• Balkan Peninsula-The “Powder keg of Europe”
• Germany wanted to use it to expand RR to Ottoman Empire
• June 28, 1914-Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
• Gavrilo Princip-assassin
• Black Hand-wanted to unite all Serbs
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Assassination
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War
• A-H declares war on Serbia- July 28, 1914
• Then Russia entered to help Serbia
• Germany entered to help A-H – declared war on Russia’s ally France
• France’s ally Britain declared war on Germany and A-H
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War Begins-The Schlieffen Plan
• German War Plan• Hold Russia• Quickly attack France
• Through Belgium
– Once France was defeated Germany would then defeat Russia
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Fighting Begins
• Germany easily takes Belgium
• British and French retreat to Marne River
• Make stand-halt German advance
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Problem
• By spring of 1915- Stalemate develops on Western Front
• Trench warfare is initiated
• Trenches- covered northern and eastern France
• Fought for mere yards
• No Man’s Land- Area between the trenches– Dangerous– Muddy– Craters– Barbed Wire
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Slaughter
• Huge casualties• Example-Battle of the
Somme • Begins July1, 1916• Ends November 1916
• British lose 60,000 on FIRST DAY!
• Germans lose 650,000
• British lose 420,000• French lose 200,000• About 1.2 million total
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Caused by the Machine Gun
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Eastern Front
• Germans and Russians took turns advancing and retreating
• Battle in the Dardanelles went on for a year-ended in trench warfare
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It seemed as though neither side could gain a decisive
victory