HST 702 Lecture 3: HST702 - Lecture 3 Crisis in the Balkans
8 Dec 2013
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28 june 1914: archduke franz ferdinand, heir to austro-hungarian throne get shot by an assassin: spark that started wwi. Relations between the two power block of states in europe were strained. Imperialism and the attempt to expand the bound of power. Africa completely occupied and taken by states of europe. If one wanted to be great and build a global empire, a bug powerful navy/army is needed: size of navies and armies doubled in a short amount of time, germany looking for its place in the sun. Europe was a tense place before 1914, especially as europe had divided itself into 2 rival alliances: triple entente - great britain, france, russia, triple alliance - germany, austria-hungary, italy. A lot of talk of war at the beginning of the 20th century: fear of a war with germany had filtered down into british consciousness, the riddle of the sands - fictional german invasion of britain.
