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What was the key trigger for world war one? |
The assassination of Franz Ferdidand and his wife Sophie. |
Those people who did the thing |
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How did Britain get involved in the war? |
Well you see, Austria Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatanium and they declined a few points so Austria Hungary attacked them. Russia came to help Serbia, but then Germany declared war on Russia as a show of support to Austria Hungary. Due to their alliance with Russia, France declared war on Germany, and since they were rivals, Germany naturally declared war against them and began the schliffen plan. When they moved through neutral Belgium the king asked Britain for aid and voila, Britain joined the war with France and Russia. |
It's that rly long one |
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What was the schliffen plan |
It was Germany plan to defeat both Russia and France in the war. They believed that it would take at least six weeks for Russia to mobilise against them due to the massive distance and their huge force. The Germans thought that they could send 90 percent of their soldiers to quickly beat France, March them back through Germany to the eastern front and defend against Russia. |
6 weeks. |
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What triggered the arms race between Britain and Germany. |
The plan that Germany had to have the best navy in the world. This worried Britain who's navy was the current best and had a large empire that required a navy of that size. Because they felt threatened, Britain created a new style of warship and named it the HMS Dreadnought. The Dreadnought was far superior to the other warships and basically rendered them obsolete with better weaponry and armour. The Germans then copied the design and a race to make the most of them began. |
Boats bruh. |
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When was the arms race. |
1909. |
It was in the 19 hundreds. Surprise. |
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What was the name only the German warship that was sent to Morocco? |
Panther |
Meow? |
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When was the first Moroccan crisis |
1905 to 1906 |
It was in the 19 hundreds. Bet you didn't see that coming. |
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What happened during the Agadir crisis? |
So basically there was this whole revolution thing and France sent an army over to keep the peace and keep everyone safe and take over. This is when the German gunship panther was sent, but Germany was forced to back down by France and Britain. |
Ppl rioted over boats. |
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When did that assassinating thing happen. |
1914. |
That time in the 1900's. Not sure what you expected to get for a hint here. |
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In 1908, what did the daily telegraph publish? |
A newspaper article that showed kaiser wilhelm calling the British "mad". This causes great offence in Britain. |
It was mad funny. I'm sorry that was a terrible joke. |
