HIST 1F95 Lecture : The Great War.docx
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Outline: july crisis, schlieffen plan, stalemate, america"s entry. Allies: britain, russia, france, serbia and belgium (triple entente refers specifically to britain, france and russia) June 28th 1914, archduke franz ferdinand was assassinated by serbian nationalist gavrilo princip (member of the nationalist group the black. In august 1914 austria declared war on serbia. Russia began to mobilize forces against austria-hungary, so. Germany declared was on russia, and then france. An artists" depiction of how the alliance system brought. Germany tried to move through the neutral country of belgium. Great britain was angry at the breaking of belgian neutrality and therefore entered the war against germany. Germany (and much of europe) expected a short war. Nationalism cause many europeans to greet the outbreak of was with happiness and optimism. Many didn"t understand the horrors of modern warfare. Germany had well-plan attack created in 1904 known as the schlieffen.
