world war i
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World War I
Background Info to the Great War
1870 - 1914
German Unification
• As recently as 1870, Germany did not yet exist
• The area that was to become Germany was a grouping of separate German states (Prussia, Bavaria, etc.)
• Prussia was the largest and it was Prussia that would lead them all to unification
Otto von Bismarck
• Chancellor of Prussia
• Architect of unification
Franco - Prussian War
• Finalized German unification and humiliated the French who were crushed
• Germans dictated peace terms to the French at Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors in 1871
Alliance System
• Otto von Bismarck was responsible for a system of alliances to protect German power and growth
• It was also designed to isolate and weaken France
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
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