HI410 Lecture 5: World War I
26 Jan 2019
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Imperialism: countries trying to get africa a: nationalism: our country is the best, militarism: building up of militaries, alliances. 1890-1914: every major european power is expanding their military. Triple alliance (1882: made up of i. ii. i. ii, germany, austria-hungary c. Triple entente (1907: consists of , russia, france, great britain, archduke francis ferdinand of austria hungary is assassinated in sarajevo bosnia by i. Gavrilo princip: member of terrorist group of black hand of serbia: the spark: june 28,1914. Gavrilo princip: austria hungary declares war on serbia, russia enters to help serbia, germany enters & declares war on russia & france, germany invades belgium & great britain enters. Pushes them back about 40-50 miles: november 1914, war bogs down and both sides dig in: beginning of trench warfare, soldiers find the great war exciting, trench warfare. Front = barbed wire c: mines, sniper perch: trees f, noman"s land near the mines and in front of the barbed wire.
