POL SCI 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Agadir Crisis, Gunboat Diplomacy, David Lloyd George
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A, b, c, d, agadir crisis 1911, french send army to morocco, on pretex of putting down a rebellion. In reality wanted to make morocco a protector. Due to germany and britain being dragged into war by their allies. Due toreventive war germany wanted to fight russia before it got any stronger: july crisis, june 28 1914 assassination. France ferdinand heir to the throne archduke of austria in sarajevo. There was a faction in austria that wanted to use assisination as reason to take out a preventive war against serbia. Austrian chief of staff conrad von hotzendorf had long unged austria fight a preventive war to take out servbia (serbia was propoganda activity insider serbia austrian hungary empire) Austria and hungary were less than of the population most of the empire was serbs slovaks romanians cheks etc all of whom felt they were the victims of discriminatoin.