HIS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Russian Empire, Arms Race, Serbian Nationalism
21 Sep 2016
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) g-b & germany naval armsrace;germany is defying g-b dominant navy. )g-b cannot allow germany to have a bigger navy because it depends on it for its survival. )kaiser wilhem in 1898 wants colonies therefore he needs a great navy a. k. a worldpolicy. )britain has to rule all the oceans to control its colonies. )both nations build ships at a high rate. )two competing alliances that date back to the 1870. )triple alliance germany, austo-hungarian empire join in 1879. )france is nervous so in 1893 the franco-russian alliance comes in. )any little conflict could snowball into a world war. )the russian empire & the austro-hungarian empire are in conflict to decide who controls the balkans. )main ethnic group are the slavs, russia wants to help their fellow slavs. )serbia is a slavic nation supported by the russians. )for the austro-hungarian empire to stay united they have two options.
