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36 Cards in this Set
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1882 |
Triple Alliance |
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1893 |
Franco- Russian Alliance |
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1898 |
First German Naval Law |
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1900 |
Second German Naval Law |
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1902 |
Anglo- Japanese Alliance |
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1904 |
Entente Cordiale |
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1905 |
Moroccan Crisis |
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1906 |
Algeciras Conference |
Conference |
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1906 |
Britain launches first Dreadnought |
Launch |
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1907 |
Anglo- Russian Agreement |
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1908 |
Bosnian Crisis |
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1911 |
Agadir Crisis |
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1912 |
First Balkan War |
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1913 |
Second Balkan War |
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1914 |
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II- 1859 |
Born |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II- 1877 |
Joins Army |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II- 1881 |
Marries Danish Princess- later have 7 children |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II- 1888 |
Becomes Kaiser of Germany |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II-1918 |
Abdicates and flees to Holland |
Abdicate- quit |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II- 1941 |
Dies 4th of June |
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28 June 1914 |
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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6 July 1914 |
Germany promises support to Austria- Hungary |
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23 July 1914 |
Austro-hungarian ultimatum to Serbia |
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24 July 1914 |
Russia offers support to Serbia |
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28 July 1914 |
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia |
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30 July 2014 |
Russia begins to mobilise its forces |
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1 August 1914 |
Germany declares war on Russia |
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3 August 1914 |
Germany declares war on France |
Declare |
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3 August 1914 |
German troops enter Belgium |
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4 August 1914 |
Germany declares war on Belgium |
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4 August 1914 |
Britain declares war on Germany |
Britain < Germany |
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5 August 1914 |
France declares war on Germany |
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6 August 1914 |
Austria- Hungary declares war on Russia |
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What was the Triple Alliance? |
The alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. Organised by Chancellor Bismarck. Germany had taken Alsace-Lorraine from France (Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71). Germany created the defensive alliance to isolate France and strengthen Germany. |
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Franco-Russian Alliance |
France was able to sign an agreement with Russia. The Russian Tsar would have preferred to ally with Germany but the Kaiser was not interested. It took two years of talks. It was a defensive alliance which was strengthened when France loaned money to Russia for railway projects. |
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