HSTR 240B Lecture 7: February 1st
13 Sep 2016
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Rising standard of living, literacy: social reforms/welfares, europe"s powerful position. Who cause the war: imperial germany, 1960"s historian fritz fischer blamed germany alone. Aim = dominate europe: unified german reich proclaimed at versailles in 1871, 1889 kaiser wilhelm ii. Hungary: 28th june 1914, sarajevo (capital of bosnia-herzegovina, annexed by ah empire in 1908 there to try and make connections, gavrilo princip. Radical serb nationalist: role of individuals and timing, franz ferdinand gone. Might have prevented declaration of war versus serbia: summer holidays. Diplomats out of touch with capitals: german chancellor theobald von bethmann-hollweg. Elaborate naval reviews: jan r ger, the great naval game. Admiral alfred von tirpitz: britain wouldn"t notice, wouldn"t respond, wouldn"t look for other friends wrong on all three. Started the third balkan war (28th of july 1914) Why: save empire, germany promised support, hoped great britain would remain neutral.
