Oscar Kong Causes of WW1

Franco-Prussian War

Period: Jul 19, 1870 to May 10, 1871

Prussian was effective-> defeated and humiliated France.
Severe termed forced on France:
-Lost Alsace-Lorraine
-Prussian's occupation of parts of France until they paid.
-Indemnity(fine) of 5,000million marks
-Proclaimed German Emperor in The Palace of Versailles (insult to France)---Which Clemenceau remembered in ToV Result:
Germany new power+ learned how to fight
--->Army has to be able to plan logistics
--->War would rely on movement and short in duration
France wanna revenge-> War

Three Emperor's League

Oct 22, 1873

Alliance built: Germany+Russia+Austria Hungary
Kept France isolated Defensive purpose but France didnt know that
->Secret ("not wanting war sounds weak")
-France paranoid

Dual Alliance

Oct 7, 1879

Three Emperor's Alliance

Jun 18, 1881

Triple Alliance

May 20, 1882

Reinsurance Treaty

Jun 18, 1887

Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor

Jun 15, 1888

Franco-Russian Alliance

Jan 4, 1894

FIrst German Naval Law

Apr 10, 1898

Second German Naval Law

Jun 14, 1900

Anglo-Japanese Alliance

Jan 30, 1902

Russo-Japanese War

Feb 8, 1904

FIrst Moroccan Crisis

Mar 31, 1905

Triple Entente

Aug 31, 1907

Bosnian Crisis

Oct 6, 1908

Second Moroccan(Agadir) Crisis

Jul 1, 1911

First Balkan War

Oct 8, 1912

Second Balkan War

Jun 29, 1913

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated

Jun 28, 1914

German "Blank cheque" to Austria Hungary

Jul 5, 1914

Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia

Jul 23, 1914

Start of WW1

Jul 28, 1914