HIST 1115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mitteleuropa, Autarky
25 Aug 2016
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Germany wanted its empire to expand (needed to expand resources, etc). Germany started to depend on the volkans for their food resources. Germany started training and investing in turkey. => railway will give germany access to turkey"s resources. => germany wanted to build autarky - opposite of free trade because germany didn"t trust free trade and wanted to own it. => britain = free trade, germany = didn"t want free trade: alliance system. => italy was the weakling - weren"t willing to fight and help austria. => russia became responsible and obligated to serbia. * moroccan crises was an example of network of alliances that weakens a country: military strategy. Germany had railways miles long that helped soldiers get to their location faster than their enemies. Germany deployed a massive force in paris to overpower france. Austria - hungary (partial) => july 28. Russia (partial to full) => july 30.
