HIST 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Austria-Hungary, Trench Warfare, U-Boat
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Ww1, everyone got pulled in because of all treaties and alliances. England and france do not like each other. Germany was trying to challenge england on trade. Fight for the balkans was also a spark for the war. Archduke of austria - hungary assassinated in bosnia by serbian nationalists revolutionists. Austria - hungary is confident with its move on serbia because of its alliance with. By end of july 1914, serbia starts getting bombed by austria - hungary. Germany had hoped england could stay out of it. Germany"s idea: take france out first, then go for russia. Belgium was between france and germany and it was neutral, this was a problem for. Gained its independence with the stipulation that it remains neutral. And if a country tries to go for war with a neutral country, the rest of the war will come down on them.
