HIS103Y1 Lecture : HIS103Y Lecture 32 February 6th. The Origin of First World War, Part 2
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The origin of first world war, part 2. German insistence pushed british to sign alliance with russia 1907. Russia and austria agreed to leave balkans freeze. (talked about administration over bosnia 1908) Russia agreed to austria to control bosnia. Austria agreed to russia to have the straits: hwv, both had misunderstanding over the agreement. Russia thought they should bring it to international agreement, but austria didn"t want to. Germany, having seen that austria only can support them after moroccan crisis, supported austria: germany would aid in austrian mobilization. => no international conference ensued, victory for german. The fact that austria had bosnia meant serbia"s route to the sea had been blocked. Brit never agreed entente cordial to be challenged. It seemed france was backed up by the e. c. Serbian nationalists also pledged to never get humiliated again and retrieve their territory. Austrians were also aware of this development: archduke franz ferdinand (disliked by austrians)