The World Before the Great War

By hailey_strother

  • Austro-Prussian War

  • Austria-Hungarian Empire has Dual Monarchy

    Austro-Hungarian Empire created by the Hapsburg Empire

  • Disraeli is a British diplomat during this time period

  • Great Britain practicing "splendid isolationism"

  • Period: to

    The World Before the Great War

  • Unification of Germany

    Otto von Bismarck

  • Congress of Berlin

    called by Otto von Bismarck to separate the Ottoman Empire into three states

  • Dual Alliance

    Germany and Italy

  • France is unhappy because of the loss of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany

  • Triple Alliance

    Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary

  • Bismarck removed by Wilhelm II

  • Time Period of "a trois of powers" for Germany

  • Franco-Russian Entente

  • Franco-Russian Alliance

  • Entente Cordiale

    Great Britain and France

  • Bosnia Crisis

  • Russo-Japanese War

  • Triple Entente

    Great Britain, Russia and France

  • The Panther sent to Morocco by Germany

  • Race for North Africa

  • First Balkan War

    goes to 1913

  • Statement of Military Action between Great Britain and France

  • Second Balkan War

  • Serbia tries to take over Albania

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophia shot by Serbian nationalist

  • Ultimatum laid down by Austria-Hungary to Serbia

  • July Crisis

  • Germany orders Russia to cease mobilization; they don't

  • Germany declares war against Russia

  • Germany declares war against France