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Nationalism
Nationalism was an intense form of patriotism. German nationalism was a new phenomenon, emerging from the unification of Germany. -
Militarialism: Germany
Germany had a conscripted army of 1.3 million people and in 1914, she had a conscripted army of 5.0 million people. Germany was jealous of the British Empire and wanted to rival it, despite being a little late to the empire party. -
WW1 Imperialism
Imperialism was one of the main causes of World War One. In the years leading up to the outbreak of the war the major European military powers scrambled to increase their empires by establishing new colonies and territories in such places as Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. This imperialism caused friction between these countries as they often came into conflict over territories. -
Triple Alliances
The three nations of the Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy stood against the three nations of the Triple Entente: France, Russia, and Great Britain. The spark that would set off a fire of war was about to ignite. -
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. -
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
World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers quickly collapsed. Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World War I had begun. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
The lethal threat of the German U-boat submarine raises its head again, as Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare it had previously suspended in response to pressure from the United States and other neutral countries.Unrestricted submarine warfare was first introduced in World War I in early 1915, when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, would be attacked by the German navy. -
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 which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
U.S. entry into the war and her impact on it
U.S. Entry into World War I, 1917. On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. ... The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. -
Effects on WW1
The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was more than 41 million: there were over 18 million deaths and 23 million wounded, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The total number of deaths includes from 9 to 11 million military personnel and about 5 to 6 million civilians. -
Rise of Hitler
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany in September 1919 when Hitler joined the political party known as the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei DAP. The name was changed in 1920 to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I signed separate treaties. -
Dawes plan and young plan
Both the Dawes and Young Plans helped various country to lighten their economic debts, starting with the United States. In the Dawes Plan money was cycled through Germany and France to eventually be paid back to the United States. The Young Plan was designed to cut down the amount of Germany's war reparations through a scale model. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, originating in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until 1941. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century.
