World War I

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World War I

• 1914-1918

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The Stage is Set in the West

• Militarism-Germany was proud of its new military
  power and Industrial strength. France angry at
  Germany over the Franco-Prussian war and that
  Germans were occupying border provinces of Alsace
  and Lorraine
• Imperialism-Colonial claims and conflicts
• nationalism France Germany both had strong
  nationalist feelings. France wanted to regain its
  position as Europes leading power

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Eastern Multinational Empires

• Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire feared
  strong nationalism
• Balkans are the powder keg of Europe
• Minority populations were fostering rebellion

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Alliance Systems prior to WWI

• Triple Alliance
• Germany
• Italy
• Austro-Hungarian Empire

• Triple Entente
• France
• Great Britain
• Russia

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Assassination in Sarajevo

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary
  visits Sarajevo
• Serbs outraged, Black Hand, a nationalist/terroris
  t group determined to assassinate the Archduke
• Gavrilo Princip, after a earlier failed attempt,
  was able to assassinate the Archduke and his wife

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Ultimatum and Mobilization

• Austria sends Serbia an ultimatum to avoid war
  punish anyone involved, let Austria join the
  investigation and end all anti-Austrian agitation
• Serbia agreed to most, but not to the demand to
  let Austria investigate.
• Kaiser William II horrified at assassination.
  Told Francis Joseph assuring him of full German
  support or a blank check
• Austria declares war on July 28th 1914
• Russian Czar Nicholas II wrote to his cousin
  Kaiser William II urging restraint meanwhile
  Russia mobilized for war

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Neutrality

• Britain and Italy chose to remain neutral.
• Britain had to decide whether or not to support
  France
• German actions made decision for Great Britain
• SCHLIEFFEN PLAN an attempt to avoid a two front
  war, Germany had to defeat France quickly so that
  it could turn attention to Russia- to reach this
  goal the Germans quickly marched through Belgium
  to get to France
• Belgiums neutrality was violated Britain
  declared war on Germany!

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Royal Pictures
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King and Czar
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Propaganda Posters

• Each of the nations which participated in World
  War One from 1914-18 used propaganda posters not
  only as a means of justifying involvement to
  their own populace, but also as a means of
  procuring men, money and resources to sustain the
  military campaignInterestingly, for all that the
  U.S.A. joined the war relatively late - April
  1917 - she produced many more propaganda posters
  than any other single nation.

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Zimmerman Note
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