01:510:102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nomans Land (Massachusetts), Allied Occupation Of The Rhineland, Central Powers

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: European History Courses
• Course: 01:510:102
• Professor: Betrand Metton

Document Summary

Balance of power: by the beginning of the 20th century, the concept of balance of power champion by. Bismarck had become the leading principle of european diplomacy: england, france, and russia signed a military agreement in 1907 to counter the growing power of germany, as tension rose, the austrian emperor francis-joesph found support in german. German and austrian empires: yugoslavian nationalism in the territories controlled by the austrian empire which included modern day croatia, bosnia, and slovenia. France and england to mobilize: on august 1st, 1914, germany declared war on russia. !1: in the east the under-equipped russian army was progressively pushed back and collapsed after the russian revolution of 1917. Most casualties happened during these encounters in the noman"s. Land : in july 1916, the british army launched a counterattack, the battle of the somme. Eastern front: on the eastern front, russian troops registered early success against austrians and.