World War I begins

—World War I

 

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—The war began in 1914

—Everyone thought it would be a short war

—They were wrong!

—World War One: 1914-1918

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—Early 1900s, European great powers were racing to become more powerful.

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—Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Russia were competing.

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—The countries tried to become stronger by building empires.

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—This meant they had to control colonies outside Europe.

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—Europe did not have a major war for 100 years!

—In 1914 Europe was ready for war.

—There were four main reasons for this:

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—Militarism

—Alliances

—Imperialism

—Nationalism

—Militarism

—Many European countries like Britain, France, and Germany had strong armies and navies and lots of weapons.

—Imperialism

—European countries competed for land, colonies and trade.

—Countries in Europe took control of other countries

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—Colonial Empires 1914

—French Empire

—German Empire

—British Empire

—Nationalism

—People had strong feelings and pride in their countries and cultures

—Alliance system

—Political partnership

—Countries looked for friends to protect them

—Like gangs

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—France, Britain, and Russia were allies in the Triple Entente.

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—Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Triple Alliance

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—Rule: An attack on one country in the group is like an attack on them all

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—With all of this tension, all it took was one single event to spark an all-out war.

—Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary

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—June 28th 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot and killed while visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina

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—Bosnia-Herzegovina was part of Austria-Hungary

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—Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia-Herzegovina

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—Many Serbian nationalists – people who felt strongly patriotic about their homeland- believed that they shared strong religious, cultural, and ethnic ties with the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina

—Gavrilo Princip

—20 Years old in 1914

—With Terrorist group called “The Black Hand”

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—The Latin Bridge was the site of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

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—Austria-Hungary used the assassinations as an excuse to invade Serbia.

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—Russia then helped Serbia

—Germany helped Austria-Hungary

—Britain & France helped Russia

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—By August 4th 1914 much of Europe was at war

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—British Government asked Canada for help

—Canada was still not independent from Britain

—Canada said they would help

—Not all Canadians wanted to help (French Canadians)

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—In 1914 no one knew it would be a different and new horrible kind of war

—No one knew it would last 4 years and cost millions of lives

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—No one knew it would become an event that would transform Canada into a nation


Origins of World War I (part 1)

(part 2)

 

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