HIS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Alfred Von Tirpitz, Schlieffen Plan, The Daily Telegraph
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Bismark: worked to maintain peace (no war, balance of power, do not need to expand germany, he was satisfied, keep france isolated, 1870-1890 in office align germany with russia and austria (russia and. Bismark done: bismark dismissed due to irreconcilable differences he is getting old and the world has changed, wilhelm i dies in 1888, wilhelm ii becomes emperor in 1890, wilhelm ii more ambitious than i . Wilhelm ii: france and russia sign alliance 1894 both scared of wilhelm ii, mutual distrust of germany, french heavy economic investment, build a navy to bully britain wilhelm doesn"t like britain but bismark was cool with them. Hawk , aggressive, ambitious: german naval minister created huge navy . Hope to deter/bully britain from starting war on them britain is dependent on their navy. Germany"s place in the sun: germany now more powerful than. Britain--- now economic rivalry: wilhelm visits morocco to antagonize.
