Marching Toward War

Otto Von Bismarck and his Attempt to unify Germany

Period: Oct 25, 1864 to Oct 25, 1871

Otto Von Bismarck , freely used war to unify Germany.

Military alliances of Great powers among Europe.

Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Dec 31, 1879

A great army was the meaning of a powerful nation.

Marching Toward War

Period: Jul 19, 1870 to Jun 28, 1914

Franco-Prussian War

Period: Jul 19, 1870 to May 10, 1871

France loss of Alsacer-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.

Bismarck declare Germany to be a satisfied power.

Oct 25, 1871

Bismarck treaty with Russia

Jun 18, 1881

Bismarck make a treaty with Russia in another attempt to isolate France from Europe.

Triple Alliance

Jan 1, 1882

Triple alliance was formed when Italy joined with Austria –Hungary and Germany

Kaiser Wilhelm II become the ruler of Germany

Jun 15, 1888

Germany foreign policy changed dramatically

Jan 1, 1890

Kaiser Wilhelm II force Bismarck to resign and let his nation treaty with Russia to no share power.

Russian An ally of France

Oct 25, 1892

Russia respond with a defensive military alliance with France .

A peace activist Frederic Passy expresses a concern

Jan 1, 1895

A peace activist Frederic Passy expresses a concern that many shared: “The entire able-bodied population are preparing to massacre one another; though no one, it’s true, wants to attack, and everybody protests his love of peace and determination to maintain it, yet the whole world feels that it only requires dome unforeseen incident, some unpreventable accident, for the spark to fall in a flash… and blow all Europe sky-high.

Rise of a dangerous European arms race

Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Dec 31, 1910

The begninig of a new race emerge, militarism is around Europe.

Triple Entente

Jan 1, 1907

Britain do entente with France and Russia called the triple entente. For that moment two rival camps existed in Europe. Triple alliance and Triple Entente.

Austria took over, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Oct 5, 1908

These two were part of the Balkans with a large Slavic population.

Great powers have large standing armies

Jan 1, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife murder

Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife visit Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia .There ,the couple is shot by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian member of the society Black Hand.

Austria- declare war

Jul 28, 1914

Austria reject Serbias offers and declare war.Russia ( That was the ally of Serbia) order the mobilization of troops toward the Austrian Border.

Austria-Hungary present an ultimatum

Oct 25, 1914

Austria-Hungary present an ultimatum with numerous demands,(this was only an excuse to punish Serbia). Serbia leaders agree for most of the demands to not lead to war with Austria.-Hungary.

Ottoman Empire in rapid decline

Period: Jan 1, 1990 to Dec 31, 1999

Ottoman Empire is in rapid decline included the Balkan region.Many regions were free of Turkish rulers.

Bismarck form a dual alliance

Oct 25, 2012

Bismarck form a dual alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary.