Events That Lead up to WW1
Category: Other
Updated: 30 Sep 2018
Contributors
Created byAva Jochim
Attachments
Events
Start of the Franco-Prussian War -
This was the war between Germany and France.
When William of Prussia allied with Germany
to over-through France.End of the Franco-Prussian War -
Germany crowned William of Prussia,
the Emperor of Germany while France was
starving and has resorted to eating cats and dogs.
It ended with Napoleon surrendering.Wilhem II gets the German throne. - Wilhem II
getting the throne lead to major tension
between Germany and the rest Europe.
Starting off with Wilhem refusing to renew the
Reinsurance treaty with Russia that allowed
them to be at peace with Austria Hungary
and keep control of France.Start of the Russo-Japanese War - Russo-
Japanese rivalry over Manchuria and Korea
reached its height with the Russo-Japanese War.End of the Russo-Japanese War - Russia ended
up losing this war, which as a huge hit to the
ego. Thus leading to Russia building and
improving its army, as it had something to
prove.Entente Cordiale - This was the alliance between
Britain and France which was created over the
paranoia and dislike of Germany.First Morocan Crisis - Kaiser Wilhelm of
Germany arrived in Morocco to declare his
support for the sultan of Morocco, causing the
anger of France and Britain.Second Moroccan Crisis - French troops occupy
the Moroccan city of Fez on May 21, 1911,
sparking German wrath and a second Moroccan
Crisis.The Bosnian Crisis - Austria-Hungary annexed
the balkan area of Bosnia and Herzegovina
causing international tension, because the rest
of Europe saw this as betrayal of the treaty of
Berlin. This really angered Serbia, and Russia
was partially forced into supporting Serbia due
to treaties and the peoples views.Italo-Turkish War - This war didn't really effect
the rest of Europe. But turkey did show the
weakness of the Ottoman army, leading to the
fade of the Ottoman Empire.The Triple Alliance is Formed - Alliances were
one of the many reasons that lead to WW1,
and the triple alliance of Gemrany, Austria-Hungary
and Italy caused for there to
be more tension especially during the Balkan
wars and the asassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand.The Balkan Wars -
The First Balkan War was fought between the
Balkan League which was Serbia, Bulgaria,
Greece, and Montenegro. And the Ottoman
Empire. The Balkan League was formed with the
Russian support in taking Macedonia away from
Turkey, which was already involved in the Italo-
Turkish war.The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
of Austria - The assassination of the Archduke
Franz Ferdinand caused major uproar and had
the pot of tension between Serbia and Austria-Hungary
boil over leading to the July Ultimatum.July Ultimatum - Austria-Hungary presented an
ultimatum to Serbia. It imposed impossible
demands allowing them to declare war on its
Serbia for ‘orchestrating’ the assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.The Start of World War 1 - The July Ultimatum
that caused Austria-Hungary to go to war with
Serbia, was the tipping point and the tension of
previous relations clashed with the help of
alliances, militarism, industrialism, and
nationalism.
Comments