Marching Toward War

Gamila Nabil, Farida Hamada ,Habiba

Haithm , Rana Adel , Farah Fattouh
 Main Idea:

In Europe, military buildup,

nationalistic feelings, and rival alliances set the
stage for a continental war.
 European Rivals 4 factors lead to World War 1
Germany

Austria-Hungary
Nationalism

Great Britain

Italy
Militarism
France

Russia
Imperialism Alliances
 Nationalism: a sense of devotion of one’s national group

Unifies Nations
(Brings the people of a nation
together)

Creates Competition
(you want to be stronger than the
other “team”)
 Imperialism : another force that helped set the stage for
war in Europe

Competition for Natural Resources

New Markets

Strategic Military locations

Powerful military
Militarism: the policy of glorifying military power and keeping
an army prepared for war
 Tangled Alliances Triple Alliance
-Rivalries and Mistrust
lead to the Creation of
Military Alliances. Germany

Bismarck Forges Early Pacts: Austria-Hungary

1- Declared Germany to be “Satisfied Power”.
2-Prime Minister of Germany saw France as the Italy
greatest threat to peace, so he took it upon ( Three years later , Italy
himself to isolate France. joined )
 The Triple Entente

Great Britain
France

Russia
 The Balkans

-The Balkans known as the “powder keg” of Europe

1-Home to many ethnic groups
2-Austrian empire controls area, but empire begins to
crumble.
3-Austria seizes Bosnia
4-Serbia Vowed to take these countries back.

-Serbia: Wanted to unite Slavic people

-Russia: Large Slavic population/ Suppor
Serbs.
 A shot rings throughout Europe :

Franz Ferdinand: heir to Austrian throne went to Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia).

Black Hand :Secret society for the independence of all Serbs

-Franz Ferdinand was SHOT!

Killer: Gavrilo Princip Member of the Black Hand

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