HIST-3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Austria-Hungary
Triple alliance
- central powers
- Germany
- Austria Hungary
- Italy
Triple Entente
- French
- British
- Russians
France is Britain’s traditional enemy not Germany
- British dynasty is German origin
- British viewed Germany’s rise to power as threat
Russia mobilized
- took a long time because its big
- they had to mobilize early
Britain declared war
- Belgium neutrality
- other border is swiss and no one will invade through Switzerland
- Belgium is flat and good option for military