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All in Peace
Returning from the 20 century, the nation of Europe began a long era of peace. This deal to be permanently at peace was a war effort that would not arise and permanent peace emerged in the 19 century.
Some Europeans had made progress belived That war a thing of the past. Then in a little more than a decade, a massive war would engulf Europe spread across the globe -
War or Peace?
While peacetime occurred, all the great powers are prepared in case they had a new battle. Germany, for example, had more than 600,000 men in arms in the late nineteenth century. The French army had about 550,000 soldiers, nearly 400,000 Austrian and Russian over one million three hundred thousand troops. To this must be added the military arsenal, which became more sophisticated as technology progressed. Guns, guns, guns and torpedo boats filled armored inventory, every day new pieces. -
Alliances between Greats Powers.
After defeating France, Bismarck assigned as a military power. however this did not last prestige as France seeking revenge for Bismarck played both seek support in other countries as enemies defeated: austria won in 1866. In 1872 a meeting took place in Berlin between the emperors Wilhelm I of Germany and Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary. Also the Tsar of Russia, Alexander II, wanted to participate in the meeting and thus was born what is known as the "harmony of the three emperors". -
Alliances change, endangered Peace
It all started when they made a change to the emperors of Triple Alliance. Powerful countries began separarces for many misunderstandings. By 1907, two rival camps existed in Europe. On one side was the Triple Alliance-Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. On the other side was the Triple Entente-Great Britain, France, and Russia. A dispute between two rival powers could draw all the nations of Europe into WAR. -
The tinderbox of the Balkans
The Powder Keg of Europe was in the Balkan peninsula. Currently there are states of Romania, Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and part of Turkey.
Nationalist sentiments were an important element in the political landscape. While some nationalism was synonymous with sovereignty of the people, for others it was more broadly. -
A thunderous shot
Admosfera still in a very suspicious and poisoned the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia. The royal pair was shot in an open car. The killer was Gavrilo Princip, a 19-years-old member of the Black Hand secret society to Committed to ridding Bosnia of Austrain rule.
Becasue the killer was a Serbian, Austria decided to use the murders as an excuse to punish Serbian. -
Non-negotiable
After what happened austria decides to send severe demands for Serbian Contal that paid for his crime. Serbian and knew that he faced a powerful opponent decides resivir their some of their demands and other discussion in a conference. But Austria did not want to negotiate their unique perspective to know was the idea of "war". -
Rejection= WAR
Austria rejected the peace offer and declared war serbian. That decision led to Serbian ally Russia send troops to its large Slavic population and take action. At that time it seemed that the fragile europe was about colapsarce in an armed conflict.
