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World War I

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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WORLD WAR I

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The First World War (1914-1918) was a deadly war that killed millions of people. The main reasons for the WW1 was MAIN.Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lit the bonfire.

1) DESCRIBE HOW THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN WAS INTENDED TO WORK?

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Germany had been preparing for war long before 1914. Infact, Germany had started drawing up a plan for war - the Schlieffen plan - in 1897. It took 9 years to finalize, but it was based on the theory that Germany would be at war with France and Russia at the same time.

General Van Moltke designed this plan so Germany would quickly defeat France in the west before the Russian army had time to mobilize its armies against Germany in the east

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2) WHY DID THE MOROCCAN CRISIS OF 1905-1906 INCREASE TENSION BETWEEN THE GREAT POWERS?

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The Kaiser did not get his way and it led to the Triple Entente.The First Moroccan Crisis (1905-06) was an international crisis over the status of Morocco. Germany attempted to use the issue of Morocco's independence to increase frictions between France and the United Kingdom, as well as to advance German commercial interests in Morocco.

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They succeeded in their stated goal of assuring Moroccan independence, but failed to attract diplomatic support for their positions at the resulting international conference. The crisis worsened German relations with both France and the United Kingdom, and helped ensure the success of the new Anglo-French Entente Cordiale which led to the Triple Entente between Russia,France and Britain in 1907 formed as security against German aggression.

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3) HOW FAR DID THE ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND CAUSE THE FIRST WORLD WAR?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the trigger event that eventually led Austria-Hungary to declare war, however they were other main reasons that had sparked the war

M- MILITARISM
A- ALLIANCES
I- IMPERIALISM
N- NATIONALISM

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