Central Powers

Nationalism led to the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand; Ferdinand had selected a Serbian national holiday to parade through Sarajevo, stoking nationalist distaste. Also, Germany was the revisionist power in opposition to the traditionally pre-eminent France and Britain. The desire of Germany to prove itself could be labelled a nationalist element.

Germany did not have a large enough agriculural production to feed her population by itself nor enough supplies of raw materials to produce all the finished goods necessary to sustain a war effort. She had to import these things primarily by sea. The blockade prevented them from being imported. this would have almost ended the war had the Haber Process not been discovered, this process developed by leading German scientist Fritz Haber. turned nitrates into ammonia, which was what the explosives in the artillery shells was composed of. artillery was the key weapon of the first world war. The Germans also imported goods through holland. This could not be stopped as Holland was a neutral country.

The German General Staff did not want the US in the war. After Germany sank the French ship Sussex, Wilson threatened to break off diplomatic relations with Germany, the first step before declaring war, unless Germany agreed to stop the use of unrestricted submarine warfare. The German foreign office agreed to observed the rules of search or visit before attacking enemy ships that were not armed. This, Germany hoped, would appease the US and keep them out of the war.

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At the beginning of world war one the central powers was called the triple alliance and consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.

1) Woodrow Wilson (the US president at the time) believed that Germany should be punished, but not so severely. He wanted a just (Fair) settlement that wouldn't leave Germany fealing powerless.

2) Woodrow also wanted to set up an international organisation called "The Legue Of Nations" which/who would settle the disputes fairly

3) The US didn't support these ideas. They soon became fed up with the involvement in the European problems that they had. The US became more of an ISOLATIONIST

In world war 1 the central powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman empire. Italy was part of that alliance but because it switched sides before the name changed from the triple alliance to the central powers it is generally not considered a central power.

Before WW1, in 1882, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Germany signed the Triple Alliance, mainly to isolate France from the rest of Europe. Then France, Russia and Great Britain signed the Triple Entente, to oppose the powerful German block. At the outbreak of WW1, the Entente all declared war on Germany and Austria, and they become the Alliance of Powers. Italy broke the treaty declaring itself neutral at the outbreak of the war, even joining the allied powers in 1915. That left Austria and Germany alone until they recived the aid from the Ottoman Empire in 1914 and Bulgaria in 1915, forming the Central powers, because all of them were between France and the Western front and Russia and the rest of the Eastern front.

From 1871 to 1918 the area of Germany was a little over 215,000 square miles - slightly bigger than present day France. (Germany now covers an area of 137,000 square miles, a reduction of about 36%).

During World War 1, the Allies were Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy. The Central Powers were the countries of Germany, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

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The Triple Entente, or Allied Powers, declared war on the Ottoman Empire on November 4.1914.

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After Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian national, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The alliance countries of each took sides and WWI began. The triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. The Triple Entente consisted of England, France, and Russia. Italy left the Triple Alliance in 1915 and joined the other side. Russia bowed out to fight the Russian Revolution. The USA joined with the Triple Entente to create the Allied Forces. Germany and Austria-Hungary joined with Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire to create the Central Powers.

Propaganda can serve to rally people behind a cause, but often at the cost of exaggerating, misrepresenting, or even lying about the issues in order to gain that support. While the issue of propaganda often is discussed in the context of militarism, war and war-mongering, it is around us in all aspects of life. At times of war, or build up for war, messages of extremities and hate, combined with emotions of honor and righteousness interplay to provide powerful propaganda for a cause.

There was no monarchy after Kaiser Wilhelm left Germany in 1918. Two people who controlled Germany after him were Paul von Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler.

The Great War (later known as World War 1).

ww2 has the highest caualty rate nearly 80 million people died during the war only the Sovjet Union lost 24 million people

World War I began on July 28, 1914, with the declaration of war by

Austria-Hungary on Serbia, and hostilities between the Allied and

Central Powers continued until the signing of the armistice on Nov.

11, 1918, a period of 4 years, 3 months, and 14 days. The aggregate

direct war costs of all the belligerents amounted to about $186

billion. Casualties in the land forces amounted to more than 37

million; in addition, close to 10 million deaths among the civilian

populations were caused indirectly by the war.

Hitler today is remember as a man who held great power and missused it in an unimaginable way. He is a hated by many throughout the world. He is viewed as a maniac and the one sole responsible for the mass murder of millions.

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In December 1905, while the ship makers in Portsmouth were hard on work on the HMS Dreadnought, an ageing German general was putting the finishing touches to a plan of war. His name was Count Alfred Von Schlieffen, the most senior general in the German army.

Schlieffen was not at that moment intending to go to war. He was simply working out how Germany could fight her enemies if ever it became necessary.
As you know, Germany's main enemies were France and Russia, and this is what made Schlieffen's task difficult. If Germany fought France, Russia would attack Germany from the east. To protect the country, Schlieffen would then have to split his army into two and fight the war on two fronts - east and west. No general wants to do this because he can only use half an army to fight each enemy.

The plan that Schlieffen made in 1905 aimed to avoid a war on two fronts. He said that although the Russian armies were big, the roads and railways in Russia were so bad that the Russians would take six weeks to get into position for fighting Germany. So if war began,, the whole German army should invade France by travelling at high speed through Belgium and northern France to capture Paris. Having defeated France withing six weeks, the German army would them be sent to the other side of Europe to fight the Russians who would still be getting ready.
It was a simple plan but unfortunately it really made a war on two fronts even more likely. Schlieffen took it for granted that if Russia attacked Germany, France would also attack. But suppose that France decided not to help Russia, and to keep out of the war, the Plan meant that Germany would attack France anyway. Schlieefen had made sure that any war fought by Germany would be a big one.

The Triple Alliance was formed by Bismarck to isolate France. Bismarck was the Iron Chancellor of Germany. He established peaceful relations with Russia and England.

France, Great Britain, America, Australia

The kaiser's support of Austria-Hungary led that nation to declare war on Serbia-novanet