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WW1 events that led to WW2
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Militarism
Many nations started getting bigger militarys to show their greatness and power, this led to more weapons and more troops, ehich made war eminent becsue each nation was getting warry of the others. -
Militarism
Many nations started getting bigger militarys to show their greatness and power, this led to more weapons and more troops, ehich made war eminent becsue each nation was getting warry of the others. The U.S didn't really take part until their alliances kinda made them. -
Alliances
The alliances in 1914 meant that if any major dispute was incured between a red country and a yellow one, then the whole lot of them would be inclined to join in to defend their allies, with the U.S. Supporting France, but not pictured here. -
Imperialism
im·pe·ri·al·ism
imˈpirēəˌlizəm/
noun
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
"the struggle against imperialism"
That sounds like WW1 in a nutshell right? The U.S. had to help it's allies so Germany couldn't win. -
Nationalism
Lets come the other direction in a world without nationalism. Wars would be prevented, Racial bias wouldn't be so prevalent. And people would stop being so dang patriotic. So yes, nationalism or the strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance is a selfish attitude that the world would be better wothout. -
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip. -
Germany's Blank Check to Austria-Hungary
On July 6th, Wilhelm II and his Imperial Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, telegrammed Berchtold that Austria-Hungary could rely that Germany would support whatever action was necessary to deal with Serbia -- in effect offering von Berchtold a 'blank check.' -
WW1 Begins
Germany declares war on France. The U.S. wants no part of it. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Onboard were more than 100 U.S citizens. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany decided to use submarine warfare again, despite warnings from the U.S and other countries. -
Zimmerman Telegram
On this day in 1917, the text of the so-called Zimmermann Telegram, a message from the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany, is published on the front pages of newspapers across America. -
US entry into the war and her impact on it
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. Its entry into the conflict clearly turned the tide in favor of the Allied powers and rendered the Axis into a position of defeat. -
Effects of WWI
World War I killed more people--more than 9 million soldiers, sailors, and flyers and another 5 million civilians--involved more countries--28--and cost more money--$186 billion in direct costs and another $151 billion in indirect costs--than any previous war in history. It was the first war to use airplanes, tanks, long range artillery, submarines, and poison gas. It left at least 7 million men permanently disabled. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty basically turned Germany upside down and inside out. It destroyed the encomy, military, and it lost Germany some territory. So it in turn, in trying to solve the problem, ended up creating the events of WW2 -
Great Depression
People made lots of stuff for the war. They still had all of it when it was over but less demand. That mixed with the use of credit, America had tons of debt and one slip, and boom, there goes the entire market. -
Dawes plan and young plan
The Young Plan was formulated in 1929. The Young Plan was an attempt by former wartime allies to support the government of Weimar Germany. In 1924, the Dawes Plan had been introduced to bring Weimar out of hyperinflation and to stabilise its economy. It appeared to have succeeded as 1924 to mid-1929 are viewed by historians as Weimar’s ‘golden years’. However, reparation payments remained a major issue and even before the October 1929 Wall Street Crash, Germany wasn't able to fulfil her finacial -
Rise of Hitler
Nazis lose almost two million votes from the previous elections of July. They win only 33 percent of the vote. It seems clear that the Nazis will not gain a majority in democratic elections, and Adolf Hitler agrees to a coalition with conservatives. After months of negotiations, the president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg, will appoint Hitler chancellor of Germany in a government seemingly dominated by conservatives on January 30, 1933. -