HI410 Lecture 8: WWI Notes
26 Jan 2019
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Imperialism (when you have more than one country trying to dominate the world there is bound to be a fight or conflict at some point) Nationalism - having pride in one"s country, and such extreme feelings cause people to be willing to fight for their country. Militarism - building up of militaries (1890-1914: military budget increases) using forced conscription. Archduke francis ferdinand, heir to austria-hungary, was assassinated in sarajevo, bosnia by gavrilo princip member of the black hand of serbia. Angry that a-h annexes bosnia, serbians station in sarajevo and kill the archduke. A-h declares war on serbia russia enters to help serbia . Germany enters to help a-h gb stays neutral until germany invades belgium. Allies: gb, france, russia, serbia, japan, italy, belgium. U. s. declares neutrality in both thoughts and in deed. Many assumed that the war would be short. Both sides think they will win the war. Schlieffen plan germany"s plan to win the war in 41 days.
