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World War I The Beginning of the TwentiethCentury Crisis: War and Revolution Long-term Causes of WWI Nationalism Imperialism Militarism Alliances Crises The Great Powers of Europe prior to 1914 Great Britain Germany France Austria Russia “As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected. From the strong principle of inheritance, any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form.” Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species Causes of WWI-Imperialism ECONOMIC MILITARY/ POLITICAL HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGICAL Need for markets Need for military bases White Man’s Burden New Medicine Raw Materials National Security Spread of Christianity New Weapons Source of Investments Source of National-Pride Social Darwinism (superiority of Western Society) New forms of transportation The Berlin Conference Tensions began to mount between rival European nations Conference called in 1884 by Bismarck of Germany to defuse disputes and set guidelines for colonization Slide 7 The Berlin Conference Conference in Berlin essentially divided up Africa – no African representatives were in attendance (or were even invited) While dividing up the continent tribal territories and rivalries were not considered. Boundaries were drawn that divided tribes and coupled enemies together, leading to modern problems in Africa. Slide 8 Scramble for Africa Slide 9 Spheres of Influence (China) Local rulers maintain control of internal affairs Europeans control port towns Slide 10 Causes of WWIBismarck’s Alliance System Dreikaiserbund-Three Emperor’s League (1873) Wilhelm I of Germany, Franz Joseph of Austria, Alexander II of Russia Russo-Turkish War (1877-78)• Bulgaria revolts against the Ottoman Empire • Serbia and Montenegro respond by declaring war on Ottomans • Russia self-proclaims protector of the Slavs and Orthodox Christians Treaty of San Stefano (1878) • Ottomans defeated and must recognize the independence of Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania • Creates a large Bulgarian state (under Russian influence) *Austria did not like the amount of power Russia was gaining in the Balkans and neither did the British; thus increasing the possibility of war *The Congress of Berlin (1878) was called by Bismarck; the “honest broker” to settle the dispute of San Stefano *Treaty of Berlin (1878) replaced Treaty of San Stefano 1. Granted independence for Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania 2. Size of Bulgaria was reduced 3. Austria was allowed to occupy and administer Bosnia and Herzegovina (but no annexation) 4. Great Britain gained right to occupy the island of Cyprus *Bismarck intended for the Treaty of Berlin to show Russian dominance over the eastern Balkans and Austrian dominance over the western Balkans, but in reality Austria gained more influence. Treaty of San Stefano 1878 Treaty of Berlin 1878 Dual Alliance 1879 Three Emperor’s League collapses after Treaty of Berlin 1878 Bismarck creates a defensive alliance with Austria Each would bring mutual aid if either was attacked by Russia Revival of the Three Emperor’s League 1881 Bismarck is able to restore this alliance between Germany, Austria, and Russia The alliance was fragile due to the animosity between Russia and Austria over the Balkans Triple Alliance 1882 Italy, Germany, and Austria Italy initiated this treaty due to their anger of losing influence in Tunisia to France Reinsurance Treaty 1887 Continued conflict over the Balkans led Russia to not renew the Three Emperor’s League However Bismarck is able to convince Russia to sign a treaty with Germany only “benevolent neutrality” in case either went to war with exceptions • Germany attacked France • Russia attacked Austria Bismarck is dismissed by Wilhelm II 1890 Wilhelm II/Germany does not renew the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia; Wilhelm II felt that an autocratic Russia and a Republican France would never create an alliance with each other…oh, how wrong he was! Wilhelm II wants “a place in the sun” Franco-Russian Alliance 1894 Secret military alliance; originally aimed at Great Britain’s presence in the Mediterranean Secret Italo-French Agreement 1902 Italy would recognize French claims in Africa; and France would recognize Italy’s future claims in Africa This would help France during the First Moroccan Crisis Entente Cordial 1904 Agreement between France and Great Britain primarily over colonial claims France recognized British claims over Egypt; Great Britain recognized French claims over Morocco Alliances and the First World War: Triple Entente, 1907 In 1907 Russia joined Britain and France to make the Triple Entente. So by 1914 Europe had divided into two massive superpower blocs. People thought this BALANCE OF POWER would keep the peace. Militarism: the control of government and policies by the armed forces, and a willingness to build up the armed forces and to consider a military solution for foreign relations problems. Wilhelm II’s Weltpolitik The aim of Weltpolitik (world policy) was to transform Germany into a global power through aggressive diplomacy, the acquisition of overseas colonies, and the development of a large navy. We have conquered for ourselves a place in the sun. It will now be my task to see to it that this place in the sun shall remain our undisputed possession, in order that the sun's rays may fall fruitfully upon our activity and trade in foreign parts... The more Germans go out upon the waters, whether it be in journeys across the ocean, or in the service of the battle flag, so much the better it will be for us. A speech by Kaiser Wilhelm to the North German Regatta Association, 1901. Naval Race 1898-1914 Between Great Britain and Germany Germany wanted to expand its navy to 2/3 the size of Great Britain This plan to increase its navy was sparked by Great Britain’s invasion of the Transvaal and the eventual Boer War 1902-1910 Great Britain’s navy went through massive expansion to keep its naval dominance over Germany Technologically advanced ships like the HMS Dreadnought, became the British standard HMS Dreadnought Haldane Mission-Great Britain sent a mission to Germany to negotiate the number of ships both sides could build; the mission was a failure due to Wilhelm II’s announcement of a naval construction bill to the Reichstag the day before Haldane’s arrival The naval race would be a primary reason Great Britain would join the Triple Entente By 1913-Due to financial constraints and increasing tension with Russia, Germany began to focus more on U-Boats than large warships; money was also used to increase army needs along the German-Russian border Slides 24-36 are from John Clare’s Website: http://www.johndclare.net/causes_WWI2.htm Arms Race and the First World War: Essential Background - 1 The Arms Race was as much about nations’ INSECURITY as about their NATIONALISM and EXPANSIONISM. e.g. the Daily Mail ran MANY stories (such as this one by William Le Queux) imagining German invasions. c.f. also John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps (about German spies). Arms Race and the First World War: Increase in Spending Defence Spending, 1870-1914 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 £m 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1914 94 130 154 268 289 398 There was a four-fold increase in defence spending of the great powers, 1870-1914. Arms Race and the First World War: Attitude towards war But note that militarism is also a government's attitude of mind, seeing war as a valid means of foreign policy. (GERMANY was especially militaristic.) Arms Race and the First World War: Armies - 1 GERMANY, worried because it was in-between France and Russia, built up the largest land army. The German army was accepted as being the biggest and the best in the world. Arms Race and the First World War: Armies - 2 This Russian postcard of 1914 shows Russia (symbolised by a woman) nailing the German eagle to a pillory after a war. But other countries built up their land armies too – in 1914, the fastest growing army was that of RUSSIA. This worried GERMANY a lot. Arms Race and the First World War: Armies - 3 As well as their STANDING ARMIES, the nations introduced CONSCRIPTION, so they also had large numbers of trained RESERVES. All the nations except Britain had HUGE armies. Arms Race and the First World War: Essential Background - 2 IMPERIALISM led to an arms race … in 1900, Kaiser Wilhelm said that GERMANY wanted ‘a place in the sun’ – i.e., that Germany wanted an empire as big as Britain’s. This TERRIFIED the British. This British postcard interprets Kaiser Wilhelm’s statement about wanting ‘a place in the sun’ – it shows him making everybody in the world bow down to him. Arms Race and the First World War: Navies - 1 If GERMANY was to have an empire, it needed a navy, so in 1900 Admiral Tirpitz introduced the German Navy Law, which announced a huge programme of building warships. Arms Race and the First World War: Navies - 2 Both BRITAIN and GERMANY started building Dreadnoughts – the most advanced class of warship in the world. The Dreadnought essentially reduced everybody else’s number of warships to zero. Arms Race and the First World War: Navies - 3 Building Dreadnoughts, 1906-1914 8 6 4 2 0 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 Germany 0 0 4 3 1 3 2 3 1 Great Britain 1 3 2 2 3 5 3 7 3 There was a race between Germany and Britain to build the most Dreadnoughts. The graph shows the number built each year. Arms Race and the First World War: Navies - 4 Reginald McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty 1908-11. In 1909 he told Parliament that the German navy was just about to become more powerful than the Royal Navy, and he instigated the press scarecampaign that forced Parliament to build more Dreadnoughts. The British government planned to build four Dreadnoughts in 1909, but the British public panicked, demanding: 'We want eight and we won't wait'. Arms Race and the First World War: Navies - 5 Total Dreadnoughts 30 25 20 15 10 5 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 Germany 0 0 4 7 8 11 13 16 17 Britain 1 4 6 8 11 16 19 26 29 0 In the end, Great Britain built many more Dreadnoughts than Germany. Arms Race and the First World War: Effects The arms race was tied in to both NATIONALISM and IMPERIALISM. It increased SUSPICION and HATRED of other nations - and it gave the nations the WHEREWITHAL to wage war. Crises Leading to WWI Let the Crises Begin… Boer War- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucFz0bqnHYo Great Britain vs. the Boers (descendants of early Dutch settlers) Prior to the Second Boer War Cecil Rhodes attempts to raid the Transvaal (controlled by the Boers)and claim it for Great Britain. This is known as the Jameson Raid. It was not successful Wilhelm II openly celebrates and sends congratulations to the Boers for their defeat of the British “bullies”. Later Germany will also supply weapons to the Boers. Three phases Stage 1-Boers were successful against the British in three major victories Stage 2-due to British reinforcements, British forces were able to defeat the Boers in battle; November 1900 British military leaders return to Great Britain thinking they were victorious. Stage 3-Boers use guerilla warfare; British respond by creating concentration camps, burning Boer houses & farms The conflict ends May 31, 1902; a new South Africa is created in May 1910 and is compromised of the British and Boer colonies. First Moroccan Crisis 1905 Wilhelm II/Germany provoked a crisis with France over its claim to Morocco; Wilhelm II said Germany had a stake in Morocco and wanted its independence 1905: visited Morocco (Tangiers) and made a speech encouraging it to seek independence from the French (who were looking at taking control of it). WHY?? • Wanted to compete with Britain and France by creating an African Empire (Weltpolitik)- this would give him an interest in the region • Wanted to test the Entente Cordiale (recently signed in 1905). Algeciras Conference 1906 • Germany only had support from Austria-Hungary • Great Britain, Russia, and Italy supported France’s claim to Morocco Second Moroccan/Agadir Crisis 1911 Germany renews objections to France’s claim over Morocco; sends a warship (the Panther) to the area France relents and cedes part of French Congo to Germany Germany then recognizes France’s claim to Morocco Attention!!! The Second Moroccan Crisis alarmed both Great Britain and France. So much so that Great Britain begins to concentrate its navy in the North Sea, and France sends the bulk of its navy to the Mediterranean. Bosnian Crisis 1908-1909 Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina Russia and Serbia are both outraged at this event Russia and Serbia back down once Germany gives “full support” to Austria Once again Russia is humiliated First Balkan War 1912-13 Creation of the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece) Balkan League declares war on the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Treaty of London 1913 Austria persuades the great powers (except Russia) to create the new Balkan state of Albania Russia and Serbia are infuriated-once again both lose influence in the Balkans Second Balkan War 1913 Serbia did not receive access to the Adriatic Sea that it sought during the First Balkan War; wants part of Bulgaria’s share in Macedonia Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Romania, and Turkey go to war with Bulgaria Bulgaria loses and must give territory to Romania; Serbia and Greece get most of Macedonia Outcomes of the Balkan Wars 1912-1913 Ottoman Empire (Turkey) continued to decline. Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece formed the Balkan League and captured some territory. Britain and Germany worked together to end the conflict. Serbia gained territory and confidence. Germany may also have been lulled into a false sense of security: that Britain would not get involved in a conflict over the Balkans. Austria-Hungary meanwhile just want a reason to crush Serbia. Handily provided by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914. Alliances and the First World War: The Balkans But Russia was also allied to Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. When trouble erupted in the Balkans in 1914, the nations found their alliances dragged them into war… Alliances and the First World War: How the Alliances caused war … like mountain climbers tied to the same rope. (i.e. it is arguable that THE SYSTEM OF ALLIANCES CAUSED WORLD WAR ONE.) ©2003 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Europe in 1914 World War I The Great War The Road to World War I Nationalism and Internal Dissent Nationalism • Diplomacy based on national states to bring peace • Led to competition instead of cooperation Socialist labor movements create fear Militarism Conscription Influence of military leaders The Outbreak of War: The Summer of 1914 The effects of the Balkan Wars prior to 1914 Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife Sophia, June 28, 1914 German “full support” to Austria (Blank Check) Russian mobilization-(Wilhelm II was trying to keep Czar Nicholas II out of the war through constant communications) Schlieffen Plan Who is fighting who??? Triple Entente becomes the Allied Powers: Great Britain, Russia, France and eventually Italy and the United States The Triple Alliance becomes the Central Powers: Germany, AustriaHungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria 4 Steps to War 1. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 2. Russia begins to mobilize for war with Austria-Hungary (defending Serbia) 3. Germany initiates the Schlieffen Plan leading Germany to declare war on Russia and France 4. Great Britain declares war on Germany due to its invasion of a neutral Belgium Special Note: Once mobilization of land armies begin, it is impossible to stop. http://www.johndclare.net/causes_WWI1.htm ©2003 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. The Schlieffen Plan The War 1914-1915: Illusions & Stalemate European attitudes toward the beginning of war Failure of the Schlieffen Plan First Battle of the Marne, September 6-10, 1914 Russian failures Battle of Tannenberg, August 30, 1914 Battle of Masurian Lakes, September 15, 1914 Austrian failures Galicia and Serbia Germans come to Austria’s aid Battle Scene in Northern France The War 1916-1917: The Great Slaughter Trench warfare “No-man’s land” “Softening up” the enemy Battle of Verdun, 70,000 lost Battle of the Somme, • Heaviest one-day loss in WWI Trench Warfare in France http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history/videos/life-in-a-trench ©2003 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. The Western Front, 1914-1918 The Widening of the War Ottoman Empire enters the war Battle of Gallipoli, April 1915 Italy enters the war, May 1915, against Austria-Hungary Bulgaria enters the war, September 1915, on the side of the Central Powers Middle East Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935) Entry of the United States The United States tried to remain neutral Sinking of the Lusitania, May 7, 1915 http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history/videos/u-boats-sink-the-lusitania-in-1915 Return to unrestricted submarine warfare January 1917 United States enters the war, April 6, 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, 1917 A New Kind of Warfare New Technology Airplanes Machine Guns Zeppelins Tanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLxzD6Luj4 The Home Front: The Impact of Total War Governments become more centralized Conscription Effects on Economics Public order and public opinion Dealing with unrest Defense of the Realm Act Propaganda Social Impact of Total War Labor benefits New roles for women • Male concern over wages • Women began to demand equal pay • Gains for women War and Revolution: Russia The Russian Revolution • Nicholas II was an autocratic ruler • Russia not prepared for war • Influence of Rasputin The March Revolution • • • • • Problems in Petrograd March of the women, March 8, 1917 Calls for a general strike Soldiers join the marchers Provisional Government takes control Alexander Kerensky (1881-1970) Tried to carry on the war Soviets sprang up Bolshviks the most important Russian Revolutions The Bolshevik Revolution Under the leadership of Vladimir Ulianov, 1870-1924 • Sent back to Russia in a sealed train by the Germans • “Peace, land and bread” Bolsheviks control Petrograd and Moscow soviets Collapse of Provisional Government, November 6-7, 1917 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, March 3, 1918 Civil war Bolshevik (Red) army and Anti-Bolshevik (White) army Red Terror by the Cheka Allied invasion Differences among the white army Communists and “War communism” Invasion of allied troops Communists will control Russia The Last Year of the War Last German offensive, March 21-July 18, 1918 Allied counterattack, Second Battle of the Marne, July 18, 1918 General Ludendorff informs German Leaders that the war is lost Wilhelm II abdicates, November 9, 1918 German Republic established (Weimar Republic) Armistice, November 11, 1918 The Peace Settlement Palace of Versailles, January 1919, 27 Allied nations Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points Pragmatism of other states Lloyd George determined to make Germany pay Georges Clemenceau of France concerned with his nation’s security January 25, 1919, the principle of the League of Nations adopted http://www.history.com/topics/worl d-war-i/treaty-of-versailles The Treaty of Versailles The most important was the Treaty of Versailles, June 18, 1919 Article 231, War Guilt Clause Created the League of Nations Reparations for the cost of the war ($33 billion) Military Clauses • 100,000 man army/no tanks/demilitarize the Rhineland • Allowed 6 ships/no submarines • No Airforce Land Clauses • Loss of Alsace and Lorraine • Anschluss denied (combining Germany & Austria) • Sections of Germany given to create Poland and Czechoslovakia German charges of a “dictated peace” The Other Peace Treaties German and Russian Empires lost territory in eastern Europe New nation-states: Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary Romania acquired additional lands from Russia, Hungary, and Bulgaria Yugoslavia Compromises will lead to future problems Minorities in every eastern European states Ottoman Empire dismembered Promises of independence of Arab states in the Middle East Mandates • France – Lebanon and Syria • Britain – Iraq and Palestine United States Senate rejects the Versailles Peace Treaty ©2003 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Europe in 1919 ©2003 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning ™ is a trademark used herein under license. The Middle East in 1919