HIST 215 Lecture 16: Lecture 16 - 1914
13 Nov 2017
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Lecture 16 - 1914: sarajevo within 5 weeks, the 5 leading european empires were at war. 28 june 1914, assassination of archduke franz ferdinand and wife in sarajevo, bosnia, by gavrilo princip of the black hand. Part of a bosnian nationalists: longer-term causes, wars of unification (ended with proclamation of emperor of germany at versailles, jan. Imperialism and the division of africa left many resentments: (a) french resented germany because of annexation of alsace-lorraine (b) austrians, marginalized by prussia, turned for compensation to. Balkans, provoking resentment of russians (c) italians resented austria because of italian minorities in austro- Europe created potential for great instability between competing austro-hungarian, russian and balkan interests. Rise of nationalism in the balkan countries (ii) austro-hungarian empire challenge of balancing its subject nationalities. Hard for multinationalism (iii) german question after 1781 new dominant power with huge ambitions, threatening france, Threat to gb outside europe--competing for sea power and oversea authority.
