HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Franco-Prussian War, Pan-Slavism, Ottoman Empire
Document Summary
No one in the 1870s or 1890s knew that the ww1 will come. Inability to measure the destruction in the ww1 that will change the international system. Goal is to maintain prussia"s position in the german empire and the german empire"s commanding position in the heart of europe. Keep the empire ruled by conservatives and crucial to this is a need to prevent the expansion of the german empire. He calculates that that empire cannot expand without danger. The preservation of austria hungary is key. He needs to ensure that that empire doesn"t fall apart. Bismark willing to fight those two wars to achieve those goals focus on peace. France as a whole cared deeply about this loss. To undo the humiliating peace of 1871, after the franco- prussian war, france needed an ally because they can"t take prusia on their own. The last place where austria has influence outside their territory is in the balkans.
