HIST 122 Lecture 6: Hist 122 Semester 2, Week 6.docx
17 Apr 2013
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28 allied and associated powers vs. 4 central powers. Nationalist aspirations, international imperial rivalries, flexible alliance systems. Unprecedented casualties 15 million died, 20 million injured. June 28, 1914 assassination of archduke franz ferdinand. Slavic countries rebelled against german a-h majority. The ottoman empire and the balkan area: sick man of europe , falling apart and being taken up by russia or a-h. Pan-slavism: forming own nation or connect to serbia, the black hand. Power blocs: serbia supported by russia, a-h supported by germany. Annexation of bosnia-herzegovina (1908) by a-h: slavic movements intensified. Anglo-german industrial race: 1831 32% gb industrialized dominance, 1914 gb and germ. Escalating naval race (dreadnoughts) between gb and ger. Disputes over colonies: gb vs. rus; gb vs. fr; gb vs. ger; ger vs. fr. Crises and local wars: morocco (1905); balkan wars (1912-1913) Identity, newspapers, awkwardness: nationalism arrogant nationalism, desire to be the best nation. 1879 dual alliance with ger and a-h.
