1800-1900

Europes population
doubles due to improved
health care

Causes

Practices

1859 and 1871

Darwinistic thinking
spreads across
Europe

1870-1871
Franco-Prussian
War

1904
Entente Cordiale
(Great Britain and
France)

1905
First Moroccan Crisis
(Kaiser Wilhelm declares
the sultan independent
of French control)

1899 and 1907

Failed Peace
Conferences

1914-1918
Barbed wire (1875),
mines, machineguns

1905
Germany and
Great Britain Naval
arms race

1908
Austria annexes
Bosnia and
Herzegovina

1917
Widespread use of
depth charges and
hydrophone detectors
against German U-boats

1901-1910s
Rising Serbian
Nationalism
July 1914
Willy-Nicky
Telegrams
June 28, 1914
Franz Ferdinand
assassinated

1915
German U-boats
began destroying
British shipping

1916Airplanes were used not

only to attack enemies
but also to attack cities
behind the warfront.

1905
Schlieffen Plan
1907
Anglo-Russian Entente
(Brought Great Britain
closer to Russia)

1915-1916
The concept of
total war comes
into play

1914
The first trench
network is completed

1917Tanks became a major

supporting factor later in
the war and were used to
combat entrenched
positions