HIST 1150 Lecture 2: The First World War
12 Dec 2011
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Austria on june 28th, 1914, sparking ww1, the war that eventually collapsed europe. Princip was part of a terrorist organization called the black hand. Austria-hungary declared war on serbia, who they believed supported the black hand. Because of this, russia quickly joined the war in serbia"s defense. Therefore germany declared war on russia in to defend austria- Then the french declared war on germany to defend. The schleiffen plan was germany"s plan to avoid a 2-front war after france joined the war. They did this by attacking france through belgium to catch the french off guard. However, germans going through belgium made the british angry because belgium was supposed to be neutral. This cause the british to join the war on the side of the triple entente. In contrast to the german plan france defeated germany in. Belgium"s marne river and the russians mobilized quicker than the germans anticipated. The ottoman empire joined the was by defeating france and.
