Entente cordiale

Weltpolitik: Weltpolitik, an extension of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s ‘New Course’ initiative, directly contradicting the quiet policies of Bismarck. Through Weltpolitik, the Kaiser sought to begin an expansionist period in Germany. Where Bismarck had favored a quiet foreign policy, Kaiser Wilhelm II had a contrary view. Weltpolitik involved an aggressive foreign policy, primarily through the acquisition of colonies in Africa (Mittelafrika). In order to do so, naval improvement had to take place, thus leading

World War I, or the Great War as it it was commonly known, had one event that most people consider the cause of the war. Although this event does have some effect on the start it is not the whole reason the war started. The main reasons that brought about the world are militarism, imperialism, nationalism, crises around the world, and alliances. These would all make up the fuel to ignite off of the spark from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Europe's great power was divided into two

Nationalism and War Does nationalism have a relationship with the causes of the wars between 1792 and 1914? This can be disputed through the events of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, the unification struggles of Germany and Italy in the late 1800’s, the Alliance systems of the late 1800’s and the assassination of the Austrian archduke before the outbreak of World War 1. During the French Revolution in 1792, an effort was made to remove Austrian presence from French lands. This

Critical Assessment of 3 Causes of World War 1 Nationalism is being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of one’s country. It was very high in the 19th century and nations which had not obtained independence by 1900 were determined to do so as it gave groups of subject peoples the idea of forming independent nations of their own. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna took place. This was a conference held in Vienna in Austria between ambassadors from the major

Great War, also known as The First World War, lasted for four year (1914 to 1918). It brought a huge development of war technics and weapons. More number of countries had been involved in the Great War than any previous war. It involved the mobilization of the whole nations, not just an enormous army that turned the war into a “total war”. (Clare 6) However, historians are still arguing about the major cause of the World War I. The major cause will be one of the four long-term causes of WWI, which

expansion and William II’s insisting on a large navy. Russia and Austria feared pressure on their unstable empires. In 1894, russia made an alliance with France, and Great Britain settled it’s differences with France in the Entente Cordiale in 1904 forming the Triple Entente.      The assassination, with Serbian Knowledge, of the liberal Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinan in Sarajevo in June 1914 was the spark

German-Franco-Russian bloc excluding Britain. Instead the British compromised over their extra-European disputes with the French in the ‘Entente cordiale’ of 1904 and over those with the Russians in 1907, and began co-operating diplomatically with their former adversaries. In 1902 Italy had reached a separate understanding with France. Germany’s leaders protested that the Triple Entente ‘encircled’ them, while their one remaining reliable ally, Austria-Hungary, was a multi-national empire that was hobbled by

Three years later, Russia was invited into this agreement creating the Triple Entente Alliance. Upon learning of this alliance, Wilhelm asked Count Alfred von Schlieffen to create a war plan based on a two front war. The two fronts being fought in the Schlieffen plan, von Schlieffen’s war plan, were France in the West and Russia in

In 1902, Cuba peacefully gained independence from the United States. A few years earlier, the U.S. had aided Cuban rebels in exorcising Spain from the colony. In 1898, after three years of fighting, Spain signed a peace treaty with the U.S. relinquishing its hold on Cuba, but no Cuban delegates were present. However, the Teller Amendment (4th Article of the Joint Resolution) confirmed that the U.S. would not permanently remain in Cuba. Cubans lobbied for an early execution of the Joint Resolution

The First World War sometimes referred to as the European War was more commonly referred to as the Great War. So much in the world was changed by this war, so it simply by most known as the Great War. “It is because no other war until then had had such an impact on the world. It was the first war to affect all of the major nations of Europe and the world. It took many lives and changed the lives of millions more.” (Rivera, 2014) Some countries do not refer to the war as great because they lost