HIST 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Petrograd Soviet, Holodomor, Leon Trotsky
18 Apr 2016
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1914 franz ferdinand went for a tour of sarajevo (feelings of opposition to austria hungary ran high) June 28th 1914 was shot by serb terrorists. Austria hungary thought this would be a good idea/ time to settle things. Feared russia would step in on serbs side. Asked for german kaiser"s assistance against russia. Wilhelm ii issued a blank check = germany"s support to austria hungary. Scientific theories of charles darwin developed and was used to explain/ support economic liberalism. Compromise was seen as weakness, support of the masses allowed the aristocracy of their nations to. More people were proud to serve their nations, previously every little conflict stirred up more. Europeans all over europe were itching for a fight and thought a war would relieve tensions. Mobilization of mass troops was a festive celebrated occasion. Wwi would lead to the bittering of an entire generation of men and lead to the dissolving of european.
