HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Totalitarianism, Machine Gun
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Serbia- had kings that were british and saw austria as a threat to their existence. Austrians declared themselves trustees over scared that russians would get to the land first. British were under pressure to retaliate by competing with german naval warships. Winston churchill was a british liberal at the time and he said that the british needed the fleets more than germany, which caused trouble. In society began to increase militarianism and increased thoughts of conflict rather than cooperation. German hierarchy decided that if they were going to be threatened by france and russia. Because france was a lesser enemy, they decided to take them first then turn and face russia in the east. On aug. 31 the germans began their march toward paris. The animosity between germany and britain was inflamed by the press.
