History 2301E Lecture : Lecture 35 - World War I Overseas and at Home

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9 Feb 2012

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Lecture 36 world war i overseas and at home y causes of world war i: assassination of archduke franz ferdinand. assassinated by gavrilo principe on june 28, 1914. austria send ultimatum to serbia (e. g. demanding an investigation of the event) serbia agrees to all demands except one. austria declares war on serbia: schliffen plan. goes against treaty that was signed to protect belgium s neutrality. causes several nations to declare war on germany; britain (includes. Canada: often blamed on german imperialism; but all of the countries should share the blame, naval race between germany and britain. key to being a great nation was having a great navy: aligned into 2 allies: axis powers: germany, austria-hungary, turkey/ottoman empire y american reaction to the outbreak of war in 1914: viewed the war as europe s mess, wilson asked americans to remain neutral in thoughts and action, woodrow wilson.

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b) It was for all the members of the Cabinet relief. Never before had a declaration of war been welcomed with such satisfaction. France having done all that was incumbent upon her to maintain peace and war having nevertheless become inevitable, it was a hundred times better that we should not have been led, even by repeated violation of our frontiers, to declare it ourselves. It was indispensable that Germany, who was entirely responsible for the aggression, should be led into publicly confessing her intentions. If we had had to declare war ourselves, the Russian alliance would have been contested, national unanimity would have been smashed, it would probably have meant Italy would have been forced by the clauses of the Triple Alliance to side against us.
c) "I am not a man who believes that we Germans bled and conquered thirty years ago...in order to be pushed to one side when great international decisions call to be made. If that were to happen, the place of Germany as a world power would be gone for ever, and I am not prepared to let that happen. It is my duty and privilege to employ to this end without hesitation the most appropriate and, if need be, the sharper methods."

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