Marching Toward War

Nationalism

• Pride in one’s country

Nationalism

• Competition between European powers for industrial dominance and power

Imperialism

• A nation’s desire to dominate another country politically, socially, and economically

Imperialism

• Intensified European rivalries and mistrust toward one another as they competed for colonies in Asia and Africa

Militarism

• A policy glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war and able to mobilize troops quickly in case of war

Militarism

• Led to an arms race and formation of large standing armies and, eventually to military allies

Triple Alliance

• An agreement created by Germany who saw France as a threat to peace

• -Germany

• -Austria-Hungary

• -Italy

Triple Alliance

• Created an unstable and fragile alliance that tried to isolate France

Triple Entente

• Alliance among Britain, France, and Russia in which Britain pledged not to fight France and Russia

Triple Entente

• Established two rival camps in Europe- Triple Alliance and Triple Entente

• Created the possibility that any dispute between rival powers could draw all into war

Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

• A Serbian Nationalist murdered Archduke, heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne and his wife

Assassination of Arch Duke

• Provided Austria-Hungary with an excuse to launch war on Serbia, leading to a confrontation between Austria and Russia

Central Powers

• Germany

• Austria-Hungary

• Ottoman Empire

• Bulgaria

Allies

• Great Britain, France, and Russia

• Italy, Japan

• Belgium

• Montenegro

• Serbia

• Romania

• Greece

Western Front

• The deadlocked region along northern France that bordered the frontlines of the German advances

• Slaughter and stalemate were common

Eastern Front

• A stretch of battlefront along the border shared by Germany and Russia. Russians and Serbs battled against Germans and Austrians

• More mobile front than the West

• Slaughter and stalemate were common

Schlieffen Plan

• German battle strategy to fight a war on both fronts

• Plan to attack and defeat French quickly and then move troops to Eastern Front against Russia who had an under developed rail system for moving troops to the front