Players In The First World War

Who Are All These People?

Europe 1914

Germany in 1815

1870 Franco-Prussian War: Germany Humiliates France

Germany in 1871

Europe 1914

What were the nations of Europe competing over and how did that

increase tensions? • Economic rivalries• Overseas rivalries– (Prompted by what ism?)

• Building up military power–Militarism

Germany

Security, Social Unrest and “a place in the sun.”

France• Fear of Germany and desire for

revenge.

Great Britain• Anxiety about German expansion.

Russia• Looking to restore prestige of the

nation and the Tsar.

Austro-Hungarian Empire

• Struggling to hold multi-ethnic empire together.

Serbia• Desperate to get away from Austria-

Hungarian Empire.

Italy• Looking for respect and to expand

into Balkans.

Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

• Hanging on and losing territory.

What two large alliances took shape in Europe before World War I? What countries were in each alliance?

The Balkans“The Powder

Keg Of Europe”

Long-Term Factors That Caused The War

• Militarism

Long-Term Factors That Caused The War

• Militarism• Alliance

System

Long-Term Factors That Caused The War

• Militarism• Alliance

System• Imperialism

Long-Term Factors That Caused The War

• Militarism• Alliance

System• Imperialism• Nationalism

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne.

• His assassination is the immediate cause of World War I.

Gavrilo Princep

June 28, 1914: The Archduke and his wife, moments before the assassination.

The Latin Bridge In Sarajevo

Ferdinand’s Blood-stained Uniform