Alliances

• Germany was part of the Triple Alliance, along with Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria

• This action was a response to the alliance between France and Russia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/images/article/alliance_entente.gif

• German foolishness to support Austria-Hungary after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to conflict between all of Europe

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Failure of Diplomacy

• The idea of “realpolitik” wasn’t a solid idea

• It caused Germany to constantly be threatening other countries as their means of Diplomacy

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• Created an enemy in Britain when it tried to out do Britain’s navy

• The German attack on France enforced all treaties in place between the Allied powers leading to an all out war

http://www.battlefield-tours.com/Western_Front_stagnation.jpg

Bibliography

• Zahora, Renee. World War I Reading Packet. 2007.

• Zahora, Renee. Student Help Powerpoint. 2007

• Zahora, Renee. Countries Links. 2007

Head to head• Germany went head to

head with Great Britan to see who was the master of the seas

• Admiral Tirpitz lead the Germans

Schlieffen Plan

• Alfred von Schlieffen was the German Army Chief of staff

• He said:

• Defeat France Early, no one would want to fight

• 6 weeks for Russia to organize their army

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Arms Race

• Germany gave the most money to their navy.

• They wanted to be the best• The even widened the Kiel canal to

let the great battleships to pass through

• All of this led to a great expansion in the power of each navy

Dreadnaughts

• Germany and Great Britain tried to develop a new class of ships.

• They were to be the best ship• A ship that could defeat any other

ship• Britain developed the Dreadnaught

class first•http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h63000/h63367.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-d/drednt9.htm&h=535&w=740&sz=•80&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=0dTb2c4rJhvhPM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHMS%2Bdreadnought%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX

U-boats

• The First Submarines

• Designed to be stealthy

• Could take out Ships from under the water

• Key German asset

• Raided commerce

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Bibliography

• “Teachers Net." 21 Mar. 2007 <http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/WWIFAQ.html>.

• 28 Mar. 2007 <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWschlieffenP.htm>.

What Germany wanted in the war

• France had large parts of Africa which they used squeezed the natural resources out of them.

• Britain had colonies in five continents, this land increased as the war started up.

• Germany needed colonies, they had some in colonies spread over the world this was not enough to supply them for the war.

What Germany had

• Germany did not have very many colonies before they started to imperialize Africa.

• Germany had a couple colonies in Africa and a tiny colony named Papa New Guinea.

• Except for a few colonies spread through out the world, Germany was out of luck for natural recourses from their colonies.

Why did Germany want to imperialize

• Germany’s reasons for imperialisation were like every body else's, they wanted natural recourses, slave labor and gold for personal gain.

• The other reason that Germany needed to imperialize is that the war was going to run their economy dry if they did not have a steady source of recourses

Bibliography

• German Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Student help Causes Pwrpt.ppt

• http://www.historyonthenet.com/Lessons/worksheets/ww1/Causes_WWOne.doc

• Wilhelm II led German Empire

• Wanted to show world his injury did not make him weaker

• Had a desire to show he was the best, even with an injury

www.lib.berkeley.edu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II%2C_German_Emperor#World_War_I

• Germany attempted to be the best by outracing everyone in military and naval power

• This let Germany feel it was getting the respect it deserved from the rest of the world

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• Wanted to control the Ottoman empire to feel strong

• Made them have a strong defense of Alsace & Lorraine

http://www.kenbrown.info/stokes/images/wwi_map.jpg

BibliographyBook• Farah, Karls. World History, The Human Experience. National

Geographic Society, 1999.Packet/Notes• Zahora, Renee. World War I Reading Packet. 2007.• Zahora, Renee. Student Help Powerpoint. 2007Website• Unknown. “Causes of World War I”.

http://fcps.blackboard.com/courses/1/320-8-167-22210701-0607-YR/content/_4306301_1/Countries%20links.htm

• Unknown. “World War One; Causes”. History on the Net. Otober 3, 2007. http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm#Nationalism

• Metcalf, Adam. “World Wars”. Regents Prep Global History. Oswego City District Regents Exam Prep Center. Date unknown. http://regentsprep.org/Regetnts/globabl/themes/conflict/worldwars.cfm