The nations believed that war was good. It meant that you had pride for your country. It was also viewed to solve disagreements. Building a bigger military was viewed to be needed which caused the other countries to improve on their military. “These nations had been competing with one another over territory.” There was a need for expansion of naval forces. Britain was known to be the superior of the water border. Britain needed a large Navy to protect their colonies and trade routes. Germany did not like the fact that Britain was stable and expanding. Since Germany wanted a large empire, they would have needed a large Navy. Russia had a lot of men in their country, which was considered a threat and Germany was concerned. With armies, there needs to be a military plan. Germany knew that they were between France and Russia, so Germany created the Schlieffen plan. Which meant Germany went through Belgium to get to France. Germany wanted France out of the picture to then focus of Russia. Without Germany knowledge, France already had a military plan, Plan 17. Which would force …show more content…
The Triple-Alliance of 1882 linked Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. The Triple-Entente have 1907 was France, Great Britain, and Russia. Each alliance had treaties with one another which created some burden. When certain treaties were then misrepresented, it created chaos. Now these treaties were not formed overnight. Treaty of London was created seventy five years before the Great War even happened. Britain agreed to protect neutrality of Belgium in Article 7. In 1879, the Dual Alliance Treaty meant that Germany and Austria-Hungary have to protect each other if Russia attacks. Those beginning formations of treaties created a need for France and Russia to form an alliance just because of other countries are doing the same and they need to have back up. You then have series of alliances between countries which formed a giant
They were determined to not to be walked upon, so they built up their army the best they could. Germany may of had the best Army, but Great Britain had the best navy. According to document C Great Britain had the best navy from beginning to the of the World War I. When you know that other countries are building up their army and the only way to get to them is through water they built up their navy to protect themselves. Great Britain was small compared to other countries near them, but throughout history they didn’t let being small stop them from having the best. Germany and Great Britain where chess pieces in the game of war, they were able to build themselves but was the team able to do the
Genavieve Rohling Pickle World History March 16, 2017 The Schlieffen Plan The Two Front War was not supposed to happen. The Schlieffen Plan was supposed to create a “controlled” war against France and Russia, but it turned out to be something completely different than they thought. Schlieffen made a plan to invade France by going through Belgium and the Netherlands but by violating Belgian neutrality and going through Belgium might bring Britain into the war.
However Germany decided to attack quickly and unexpectedly from different places such as the ardennes. Leading to France’s
With such a small coastline, the British Navy found it a relatively easy task to blockade her. German troops were poorly equipped and what food there was went to the war effort leaving the people of Germany very short
France and Great Britain realizing its vulnerability to Germany as it was regaining power and the Triple Alliance formed the Anglo-Franco Alliance; ending Britain’s “splendid isolation”. The Anglo- Franco Alliance began in 1904 and then the Anglo-Russian Alliance following in 1907. This began the dividing of allies for the First World
World War I, also known as the Great War, was a worldwide war which primarily took place in Europe from 1914 to 1918. On June 28, 1914 was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was the reason for the immediate start of the war. The revenge by Austria-Hungary against the empire of Serbia motivated a series of alliances which caused a slippery slope of reactions for war declarations. World War I was fought by two major alliances. The Triple Entente originally was made of France, England, Russia, and their associated empires.
The Great War, or World War I, was the first major war to involve a vast majority of countries. Beginning in August 1914 and lasting until November 1918, the Great War’s occurred due to the underlying “combustible rivalry between Great Britain and Germany.” (706) Germany had allied with Austria-Hungary to form the Central Powers while Britain had allied with France, Russia and later Italy to form the Allied Powers. (705) However, it was the assassination of the Hasburg heir in the capital of Austria Bosnia that ultimately sparked the Great War to commence.
Russia and France were against this, however. At France, the more western side, Germany was against France and Britain. At Russian Poland, the more eastern side, Germany, also helping Austria-Hungary, was against the Russians. Italy joined France and Britain because of a promise of some land at Austria and the Middle East, but they did not get as much as they had wanted. The world war began in Europe, but it also spread to the world.
On 28 June 1919, the countries involved in World War I gathered at Versailles Palace, to sigh the treaty which was a symbol of the end of World War I. This treaty is known as Treaty of Versailles. The treaty changed the world pattern, caused conflicts and controversies among victorious countries, and displeased the Germans, contributing to the occur of a more destructive world war - World War Ⅱ. The original goal of signing the treaty is to keep the peace, but every country pursued its own national interests, so, unfortunately, it failed quickly. The treaty is like a blasting fuse, causing a much bigger disaster for people all over the world.
Furthermore, the German military was to be reduced. The military was limited to 100,000 men and 6 battleships, however, they were not allowed to have submarines or an air force. This would wound German pride as Bismarck had stressed the importance of the military during his time.
The treaty was drafted during the Paris Peace Conference by by the national leaders of the “big four” countries, Britain, France, the US, and Italy. It blamed Germany for World War I and made them take all the blame. Germany continued to have resentment towards the treaty and those associated. Though the treaty brought peace to Europe. 8.)
Throughout the history of mankind, countless wars have been fought. Whether these wars were local disputes, civil wars, or huge international conflicts, they have always ended with agreements of peace and a ceasefire between nations. Today, this process can be done in the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Unfortunately, the United Nations (UN) did not exist until recently(1945), and prior to the creation of the UN, disputes were forced to be resolved between nations themselves. One of the greatest wars mankind has ever faced ended in 1919, and a peace treaty was negotiated between the allied nations and Germany.
The League of Nations was formed to prevent future wars of aggression. There were numerous treaties and agreements signed between different nations in the 1920s. What 's more, the Senate 's Nye Committee had convinced the United States
Emperor William 11 approved each and every request of Austria in determination to show his faithful support to Austria this “faithful” support would be crucial in the creation of crises in Europe. Emperor William’s decision to drop the Reinsurance treaty with Russia resulted in Russia’s military alliance with France in 1894 an event that Bismarck feared would happen if friendly ties with Russia failed to sustain. By 1907 Russia, Great Britain, and France formed the Triple Entente where each country agreed to be allies in case of a war against the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. These two groups as time passed became unwilling to compromise and they had different policies over the Balkans. In Austria they knew of Serbia’s
Germany, and the United States were the obvious key national players as their influence greatly impacted the war. Germany’s aims in the war were clear, Germany wanted to become a European power through conquest of lands. Germany was successful early on and their goal seemed reachable but irreversible mistakes made their inevitable. Two major failures greatly impacted Germany’s chance of winning; the sinking of the lusitania, and the Zimmerman Telegram. These two failures drew america into the war making Germany’s defeat inevitable.