HIS 1123 Lecture 1: World War I and League of Nations
Document Summary
Austrian and russian ambitions in the balkans led to the outbreak in war. Germany wished to keep the ottoman government propped up to thwart russia"s aggressive tactics in the balkans. Austria {german ally} was protectorate over balkan states even thought the ottomans still owned the balkans. Russia encouraged pan-slavic nationalism which caused one slavic group {black. Hand} to assassinate the austrian heir, archduke ferdinand. Real causes for war are competition over military, imperialism, industrialization, and nationalism. Central powers - germany, austria-hungary, and ottomans later bulgaria. Allies - great britain, france, russia, australia, new zealand and japan, later. Con ict quickly became total war civilians were mobilized to help wit the war effort. Tanks, early grenades, and mustard {nerve} gases are used as military weapons. Most of cers were still mounted on war horses and hand to hand combat with bayonets is common. Russian army suffers heavy losses as it does not even give their military weapons.
