POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Great Game, David Lloyd George, Operation Sea Lion
20 Dec 2015
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Wwi was a war nobody wanted: lloyd george quote. Because of alliance patterns, all of europe got pulled in. By far the bloodiest war the world had ever seen up until then. June, 1914: archduke and ferdinand assassination by serbian group. Austria-hungary accused serbia of aiding assassins; didn"t meet a-h ultimatum. Russia and france, bound by 1892 treaty, were obligated to mobilize if any triple alliance members mobilized. Soon, everyone but italy had chosen sides and gone to war: austria-hungary, germany, italy made triple alliance, go to war for defensive purposes, austria-hungary was offensive so italy refused. This multipolarity (evenly matched powers) caused this war. Russia, france, uk (uk included canada, aus, new zealand) France allied with russia to balance vs. germany. Uk allied with russia to end great game rivalry in central asia. Uk and france allied to end tensions over colonies, balance against.
