Alliances
Britain, France, and Russia belonged to this alliance on the eve of WWI.
What is the Triple-Entente?
The Austro-Hungary empire was a multiethnic empire. According to Hew Strachan, how many different nationalities were part of this empire?
What is eleven?
This world figure had an extremely bad day on June 28, 1914--which happened to also be his wedding anniversary.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
In 1870, the Prussian Empire defeated and claimed this key territory as part of the newly created German empire. Christopher Clark argues that this territory became the "holy grail of the French cult of revance."
What is Alsace-Lorraine?
What is the Ottoman Empire/What is Turkey?
Germany, Italy, and Austria belonged to this alliance on the eve of WWI.
What is the Triple Alliance?
According to Hew Strachan, Austria-Hungary's peacetime military in 1914 was nearly 200,000 men smaller than the peacetime military army of this eastern European country and potential ally.
What is Romania?
This young man became a significant historical figure when he fired the shots that killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
In early July 1914, the Kaiser Wilhelm assured Austria of Germany support in the event that Russia intervened in any war that emerged between Austria and Serbia. What famous phrase was used to characterize this support?
The blank cheque
In 1908, the Austro-Hungarian empire formally annexed this Balkan region.
What is Bosnia-Herzogovina?
In 1879, these two countries formed the Dual Alliance.
What is Germany and Austria?
Hew Strachan notes that in 1917, this country's army was three times the size of Germany's.
What is Russia?
German Kaiser Wilhelm II was related to Queen Victoria of England. Which family member linked him to this famous monarch?
His mother--Queen Victoria's daughter.
What is July 23, 1914?
Ethnic nationalism emerged as a powerful force in the 19th century and Serbian nationalists identified as this ethnicity.
What is Slavic?
In 1873, these three countries joined together in the Three Emperors' League.
What is Germany, Austria, and Russia?
This country's field army was half the size of both France's and Germany's in 1914.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This famous leader oversaw Germany's diplomatic policy from 1871 to 1890. His goal, Clark explains, was "to avoid direct confrontations between Germany and other major powers" and "exploit the discord among the other powers whenever possible for Germany's advantage."
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
In 1904 and 1905, Russia fought and lost a battle against this country.
What is Japan?
This organization provided the assassins that conspired to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand with weapons.
What is Serb military intelligence?
In 1890, the new German Chancellor Leo von Caprivi allowed this crucial treaty between Germany and Russia lapse.
What is the Reinsurance Treaty?
Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz believed that Germany needed to build a strong navy to compete with Britain. By 1905, how many battleships had Germany built?
Extra point: How many battleships had Britain built by 1905?
What is sixteen?
Extra point: What is 44?
This famous world leader responded to the news of Franz Ferdinand's death with "moist" eyes, historian Hew Strachan explains, "less because of personal grief than because he realized the potential implications of the assassination for the survival of the [Austro-Hungarian] empire."
Who is Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria?
In 1905, Germany challenged France's control of this northwest African territory. This challenge, Clark argues, ultimately strengthened the emerging Anglo-French alliance.
What is Morocco?
June 28 marked an important day in Serbia history--known as St. Vitus day. On this day in 1389, what regional power defeated the independent principality of Serbia?
What is the Ottoman Empire?