Table 1: A table summary of the nature of the relationship between countries of the Triple Alliance & Triple

Entente
Germany Aust-Hungary Italy

Britain Britain was concerned at Germany’s On 12 August Britain declared war on

desire to expand their overseas Austria-Hungary.
territories

Germany executed the Schlieffen

Plan on August the 3rd 1914 and
crossed the Belgium border this
violating the treaty of london britain
declared war on Germany

France Both GB and France were aware of

the growth of Germany’s industrial
might

The french army was put on a war

footing ready to fight any german
invasion on 2 August 1914

Germany declared war on France and

invaded Belgium on 3 August

Germany annexed Alsace-Lorraine

Russia Germany warned russia not to help Russian army mobilized it support of
the serbia - giving them an ultimatum serbia against Austria-hungary on 29
on july 29 1914 july 1914

Germany declared war on russian on Austria declared war on Russia

august 1st 1914
Germany and Russia signed the
reinsurance treaty with Russia in June
1887 tensions between Russia and
.
Russia and Austria-hungary had
competing interests in the Balkans
austria-hungary over competing
interests in the Balkans
e. Study the statistics in Source 8. Complete Table 2 by ranking each country using the data provided but using a colour key. Please
describe the graph - which country do you consider to be the greatest power and what evidence do you have of this to support your
argument?

Table 2: The great powers of Europe 1914 - strength of resources in rank order

Refer to Source 8 - The Resources of the Great Powers in 1914

Rank Population Steel Merchant Foreign trade Army - Warships Submarines
production ships soldiers

1 167 1

2 1

3 4

4 4 0.2

5 0.2

Germany Austria-Hungary Italy Britain France Russia

Does it follow that the size of a country population is linked to its military strength?
I think so. Because Germany, one of the countries with the first and second largest population, took the top spot. It was first or
second in all subjects. There are three first-place ones and three second-place ones. Russia, which is ranked first, also took the
middle and lower ranks. There was one in first place, two in third place, and two in fourth place, so they entered the middle ranking.

Is there are relationship between the country's industrial power and its military strength?
Countries with good industrial power, such as France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, ranked high in the military. We can see
that those three countries are at the top of the table. That's why I think there's a relationship between industrial and military power.