World History 10.5.1

Standards & GoalAnalyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of “total war.”

19th Century into the 20th...

WWI: The first major conflict fought in the 20th... The last political conflict fought in the 19th century.

Four Europe's five major powers ruled by emperors. Each one was related to the others through marriage or blood.

United Kingdom: George V

Germany: Wilhelm II

Austria-Hungary: Franz Joseph I

Russia: Nicolas II

Queen Victoria's Grandchildren

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzzAhdS-xIo

The Politics of Five...

Goal: Try to ally with two other powers... Three against two.

Alliances in 1914 Triple Entente – United Kingdom, France, &

Russia Central Powers – Germany & Austria-Hungary

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Nationalist Rivalries

France vs. Germany Defeated in 1871 by Prussia and allied German

states, France is eager for revenge.

Economic Rivalries

United Kingdom vs. Germany Threatened by Germany's weltpolitik and growing

navel power, the United Kingdom seeks alliances to keep Germany in check.

Weltpolitik: (World Policy) Policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II to forge Germany from a European Power into a world power.

Ethnic Rivalries

Russia vs. Austria-Hungary Germanic Austria-Hungary presses for dominance

over Slavic Balkan nations. Slavic Russia considers itself to be the protector of

fellow Slavic Balkan nations.

The Balkan Bomb

Serbia: The Powder Keg

Austria-Hungary Empire governed over provinces that were predominantly Serbian in population.

June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria – bother of Emperor Franz Joseph I – goes to Serbian capital, Sarajevo on a “goodwill tour.”

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Gavrilo Princip: The Match

June 28, 1914 Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg

Ferdinand's last words: "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die! Live for our children!"

The Explosion

1914 July 28: Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on

Serbia.

July 31: As an ally of Serbia, Russia announces full mobilization of her armed forces

August 1: Germany mobilizes her armed forces and declares war on Russia.

August 3: Germany Declares war on France.

August 4: Germany declares war on neutral Belgium and invades in a right flanking move designed to defeat France quickly. As a result of this invasion, Britain declares war on Germany.

August 6: Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.

Consequences

Most thought the war would be over by Christmas. War lasted four years. 1 in 6 soldiers who went off to fight never came

home.

Casualties

Fields of France

More the nine-hundred thousand British Soldiers died in WWI - approximately three times the population of Anaheim. After the war many expressed loss and grief through song. Below is a link to one written after the war.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_4xkIBMgw

Why Should You Care?

Less than two weeks after Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand Europe's five major nation were at war with one another.

Over ten million soldiers and seven million civilians were killed.

How quickly did the United States and its Allies go to war after 9/11?

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