HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ferdinand Foch, John J. Pershing, Militarism
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The germans concentrated more of their troops on the western front since the. Russians surrendered and soon advanced on paris again. Under the direction of allied military leader marshal foch and us general pershing, the. U. s. did not join since many of its leaders and people favored returning to a policy of isolation . Mistakes that led to the russian revolution: russo-japanese war: russia lost very badly to the japanese military over who controlled korea, bloody sunday: workers attempted to deliver a petition listing reforms but were massacred by the russian military. Basic causes of wwi: nationalism, the balkans wanted to break away from larger country dominance to set up their own nations based on ethnic groups, patriotism was high among the european nations. European nations saw each other as a threat to ending their domination in foreign lands: militarism. Under otto von bismarck"s direction, germany had built an extensive military feared by all especially by france and russia.
