Worldwar1

causes and consequences of WW1

By mia-hernandez
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    world war 1 time span

    how long it was

  • Germany becomes unified nation

  • Prussia creates Germany after defeating Austrian Empire and France in war

  • Austrian Empire reorganized as Austria- Hungary and accepted Germanys leadership in Central Europe

  • France's defeat caused them to lose territory and lose status

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    Germany surpassed Britain to become Europe's leading industrial power

  • Great Powers recognized the independence of Serbia from the Ottoman empire and put Austria Hungary in charge of Bosnia- Herzegovia

  • Bismarck reduced the threat from Russia by forming an alliance with Russia and Austria- Hungary known as Three Emperors Alliance

  • France took advantage of the Reinsurance Treaties end by forming an alliance with Russia

  • German foreign secretary bernhard von Bulow said

    "To stand dreamily to one side while other people split up the pie we cannot and we will not do that."

  • Russias Trans-Siberian Railroad completed in...was the first to link Europe and Asia

  • Russia and Japan went to war over Manchuria and Korea

  • US Announced it would take charge of any Latin American nation

    because they couldn't manage their affairs.
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    Many nations took charge of nations that couldnt manage their affairs.

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    Russo-Japanese War

  • War went bad for Russia and ended in

    after US, with German and British support enforced a settlement

  • Triple Entente was created by France and Russia and Germany

  • Korea became a Japanese colony under Japans control

  • First Balkan Wars (Supported by Russia)

  • Second Balkan Wars (Russia Supported)

  • Germany became strong

  • Russias empire extended from central Europe to the Pacific ocean and from the Artic to Afghanistan

  • Europeans greeted the outbreak of war with a wave of patriotic confidence and celebration.

  • Murder to the heir of Austro- Hungarian throne

  • French begged Russia to take pressure off the Western Front by invading Germany

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    Western Front was a brutal killing field as each side tried with little success to push the other back.

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    Western Front moved roughly three miles per year in any direction

  • Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

  • Germany gave Russia 24 hours to halt its mobilization

  • Japan declared war on Germany

    Japan declared war on Germany

  • Japan declared war on Germany

  • Germany begins using. poison gas

  • Italy joined the Allies

  • Germany began using poison gas

  • Austrians were conquering Serbia

  • Germany responded by establishing a blockade of Britain

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    Gallipoli Campaign

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    Armenian Genocide

  • The sinking of the British passager ship Lusitania

  • german troops tried to break the stalemate by smashing through the French defenses at the town of Verdun

  • Austrians were conquering Romania

  • Turks defeated a force of British colonial troops from India

  • The rebellion but the German colony was not defeated until November

  • In Germany clothing was scarce

  • One battle French army lost 130,000 men in 10 days ended when troops refused to make yet another attack

  • germany were directing artillery fire and dropping bombs on military and civilian targets

  • Russias government collapsed

  • British captured Jerusalem

  • The victory in the Great War would be decided on Europes Western Front

  • Food riots and strikes happened in Germany

  • Peace movements existed in every great Power

  • Germany resumed its previous policy of unrestricted submarine warfare

  • US declared war on Germany

  • US warships were helping the British navy combat the German U boat blockade

  • Russias withdrawl from the war and allowed Germany to move troops from the Eastern to the Western Front

  • Russia was to weak after the revolution and withdrawal from the war

  • US enters war

    US enters war

  • The Fourteen points contributed to Germany's decision to surrender

  • German people were enduring terrible hardships

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    last year of war

  • German leaders signed an armistice an agreement to stop fighting

  • Treaties with Bulgaria big four

  • An International conference began in Paris France to set the terms of the Peace

  • Treaties with Germany Big four

  • Treaties with Austria Big four

  • Treaties with Hungary Big four

  • Treaties with Turkey big four

  • A new treaty with the Allies restored the peace

  • US and French officials drew up an agreement that outlawed war as an instrument of foreign policy.