HIST191 Lecture Notes - Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria, Militarism
5 Mar 2013
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Major/minor powers draft this treaty which opposes germany. The allied and associated governments affirm and germany accepts the responsibility of. Germany does not think they"re a defeated country when the war ends: dramatic reaction of germans when received blame in treaty. Treaty is betrayal by communists and jews which hitler used. Unreasonable to blame germany & their allies responsible for fall of 3 monarchs, death of 10 million, and rewriting europe map. Germany during the war was a military state. Main are in some ways contextual factors which lets us understand how war starts. M the schlieffen plan: german plan for mobilization during war. Caught momentum to state of war that no one could control. Leads to military planning and pressure to release plans. Secret alliances made small war into large world. Competition for resources and land across world. Germany placed against french and british for competition of imperialism. Rise of union of soviet social republics (ussr)
