HIST 1150 Lecture 2: Week 2 Notes
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war lead to unemployment, debt, inflation was common. war caused an economic meltdown at the end resulted in us becoming the only major power that was accredited for the war. 1914 - austria- hungary blames serbia ( no evidence saying that serbia was responsible) for the killing. Germany tells austria that they have their back. attack on serbia would be a threat to russia. Serbia and russia bffs so russia mobilized contributes to an escalation. germany fearing russia and alie france, germany declares war on russia 3st. August ( is in between russia and france) germany wanted to attack and defeat france through belgium this broke the treaty belgium new travel. britain did not want to sit on the sidelines britain declares war on germany . war ended in november treaty of versailles, germany was blamed for the war and had to pay heavy sums.
