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The Great War: The War to End All Wars

 

Overview –

 

·= ;      = Stat= istics - 8.3 Million People Died

 

·= ;      = What= Does the “Great War” Mean to Europeans?

 

Alliance System in World War I

 

·= ;      = Cent= ral Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ot= toman Empire

·= ;      = Alli= ed Powers: Great Britain,= France, and Russia.  Un= ited States and Italy – later date

Political Attitudes of European Powers by 1900 – Role of “Ism’sR= 21;



Causes of the War

·= ;      = Sign= aled the End of the Congress of Vie= nna – 1815

·= ;      = Trad= itional Cited Causes:

o     Ge= rmany and= Its Aggression

o     Entangling Alliance System

Thesis - Alternative Point of View - The primary cause of World War I was National= ism.

·= ;      = Aggr= essive, Militant Nationalism of Major European Nations

·= ;      = Emer= ging Nationalism of Ethnic Minorities Located in Eastern = Europe  [Balkans]

The Belligerents:

 

·= ;      = Ge= rmany: Place in the Sun

 

·= ;      = France – Élan Vital (all conquering will)

 

·= ;      = England – White Man’s Burden

 

·= ;      = Austria Hungary – Last Dance for Metternich

 

·= ;      = Ru= ssia – Mother Russia     

 

·= ;      = The Balkans -  Empires vs. Pan Serbianism

 

The Start of the War: A Terrorist Act