HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: U-Boat, Zimmermann Telegram, Ottoman Empire
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Gavrilo princip - 19 year old serbian student living in the austro-hungarian empire, bosnia, assassinated archduke franz ferdinand - heir to the austrian throne. The government of austro-hungary blamed serbia for the assassination. Military leaders of various countries assumed allies would stick together. Russia threatened war to austria and germany. Germans declared war on russia and france. The quickest way to france is through belgium - neutral territory. England offended that germans went through belgium, so england declared war on. Trenches were dug in northern france to keep control of the land they already had. Neither side could budge the other side. Central powers - germany, austria/hungary, ottoman turkish empire. Entente - great britain (and the british empire), france, russia, later: italy, japan, South african army - sent to try to conquer the german colonies in africa. France used many soldiers from those countries to fight in europe - indigenous people.
