HIS242H1 Lecture : HIS242H1 - The Great War - 17-01-13.docx
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Diplomatic crises amd the origins of the great war (world war 1), 1900 1914. Countries begin to stand in for armies, governments, elites etc. Germany did this . or italy did this or the usa have declared this . Possibly but there were some other factors involved. By 1914 the great powers of europe were divided into 2-armed camps. Could also be that prior to 1914 europeans had enjoyed a century of peace. As a result europeans that stumbled into war were unprepared for effect it would have. In the 1870"s there was a major war between the ottoman empire and russian empire. Both sides that ended up on different sides of the war ended up being losers of the war anyway. Changed relationships between france and britain, worsened relationships between. 1911 the italians took the opportunity to seize libyan territory. The french allowed italy to keep control of libya as long as they would recognize the french treaty.
