HIST 2125 Lecture 3: 3: 12.09_Pre War and Outbreak
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12. 09_ pre war period and the outbreak of wwi. ** have intelligent idea on how war started, backed by data. 4th crisis in this period chain effect from moroccan crisis. France-england: no alliance, but made a military agreement. Italy in libya won agains ottomans, won libya. Ottomans were still strong in the balkans but italy and allies (germ + austria) kicked them our. The french thought the russians had everything under control in the balkans they didn"t. War began october 1912: the balkan league was very successful, won war in about 1 month. Cease fire in december after intervention of major power (uk, grey) Serbia saw a chance to gain sea access, but the treaty wanted to create an independent albania. Austria wanted an independent, big albania to landlocked serbia. Serbia occupied albania wanted a small albania to have access to the sea. Russia backed up serbia tension peaks april-may 1913.
