World War I Notes

Causes of WWI –MANIA!

Militarism - policy of building up a strong military to prepare for
war

Alliances – agreements between nations to provide aid and protect

on another

Nationalism – extreme pride in one’s country

Imperialism – when one country takes over another country
economically and politically.

Assassination – of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand

 M i l i ta r i s m
1910-1914 Increase in
Defense Expenditures

France 10%

Britain 13%

Russia 39%

Germany 73%
 Alliances
Triple Alliance Triple Entente
 N a ti o n a l i s m
Nagbunsod ng pagnanasa ng mga tao upang maging
malaya ang kanilang bansa.
•
HALIMBAWA: ang mga JUNKERS, ang
aristokrasyang militar ng GERMANY, ay
naniniwalang sila ang nangungunang lahi sa Europe.
May mga bansang masidhi ang paniniwalang
karapatan nilang pangalagaan ang mga kalahi nila.
HALIMBAWA: ang pagnanais ng SERBIA na
angkinin ang BOSNIA at HERZEGOVINA na nasa
ilalim ng AUSTRIA.
Kabilang pa rito ang pagkamuhi ng mga SERBIAN
dahil sa mahigpit na pamamahala ng AUSTRIA.
 Imperialism
• Ito ay paraan ng pang-aangkin ng mga kolonya at
pagpapalawak ng pambansang kapangyarihan at
pag-unlad ng mga bansang Europe.
HALIMBAWA: Sinalungat ng BRITANYA ang
pag-angkin ng GERMANY sa EAST AFRICA
sapagkat balakid ito sa kanyang balak na
maglagay ng transportasyong riles mula CAPE
COLONY patungong CAIRO.
Pagtatag ng BERLIN-NAGHDAD Railway –
nabahala ang England.
Naging kalaban din ang Germany ang Great Britain
at Japan sa pagsakop ng China.
Europe
an
Conqu
est of
Africa
 The
“ Spark”
 Assassination

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie at Sarajevo,

Bosnia, on June 28th, 1914.
 Austrian
Archduke Franz Fe
rdinand
was killed in
Bosnia by a
Serbian nationalist
group called the
Black Hand who
believed that
Bosnia should
belong to Serbia.
 Domino Effect
Austria blamed Serbia for Ferdinand’s death and declared
war on Serbia.

Germany pledged their support for Austria -Hungary.

Russia pledged their support for Serbia.

 Germany declares war on Russia.

France pledges their support for Russia.

Germany declares war on France.

Germany invades Belgium on the way to

France.

Great Britain supports Belgium and declares

war on Germany.
Allied Powers Central Powers

World War I
 Why was WWI a Stalemate?
What is a stalemate?
– Neither side can make a move to

win.
• Machine gun How did this change
war? How was it fought before?
• Trench Warfare = “solution”.
• Millions die without gaining
ground.
 What new weapons were
used in WWI?
• Machine gun
• Poison gas
• Submarine
• Airplane
• Tank
• Why these weapons? Where did they
come from?

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!!
 What were the results?
• Germany surrendered.
• Allies impose Treaty of Versailles.
– Declares Germany guilty for war.
– Germany must pay reparations to
Allies.
• This sets the stage for WWII!
• League of Nations formed to try to
prevent war in the future.
 Casualties
• Total troops mobilized by all countries in
WW1 65,038,810
• Total troops dead from all countries in
WW1 8,556,315
• Total troops wounded from all countries in
WW1 21,219,452

• Total missing or
POWs 7,750,945
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