Otto von Bismarck was a master of foreign affairs and a great politician at his time. He effectively ruled Prussia first and then all of Germany, between 1862 and 1890. His solution to never having war was to create a system of alliances to making it mutually beneficial to all of the great powers and therefore protect his newly united Germany and allowing it to strengthen. Bismarck's objective of the foreign policy was to keep peace among the people. Bismarck saw France taking revenge on Prussia as the biggest threat in his life. The goal of his policy was to isolate France in Europe to avoid unnecessary conflicts and to keep the alliance between Austria and Russia peaceful. Bismarck told the people that he would not yield to creating
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Under Bismarck, Germany tried to prevent the Nightmare Coalition of France, England, and Russia by making Napoleon III look like the bad guy in the Austro-Prussian War. However, under William II this policy changed to a more vigorous manner of separating the Nightmare Coalition. Bismarck's decisions were significant to WWI because his foreign policy created alliances which was a long term cause of WWI. These alliances created tightness within the continent and led Europe into fighting. Germany, after defeating the French in the Franco-Prussian war, utterly humiliated them through the Treaty of Frankfort. In the end, the treaty caused the French to stand up to Germany in World War One. Kaiser Wilhelm’s decisions were significant to WWI because his bad decisions and unskilled mind caused for the outbreak of the war. Wilhelm II’s brazen , ambitious and aggressive leadership was an important factor in the cause of …show more content…
As a result of the war, Russia was forced to give up Port Arthur and the southern half of Sakhalin Island to Japan, to move out Manchuria, to recognize Korea as a Japanese protectorate and grant Japanese fishing rights north of Vladivostok. After losing the war, people in outrage, due to russian weakness, helped lead to the Russian Revolution, which was a wave of conflicts that lasted more than a year and still didn’t manage to overthrow the Tsar’s government. The February Revolution was the first major event and it was chaotic. The people had this unrest towards the Tsar for his cruel treatment toward them which includes, poor working conditions for city workers and peasants being treated poorly by patricians. Nicholas II was incompetent and didn’t realize that he was failing Russia
Under Bismarck, Germany tried to prevent the Nightmare Coalition of France, England, and Russia by making Napoleon III look like the bad guy in the Austro-Prussian War. However, under William II this policy changed to a more vigorous manner of separating the Nightmare Coalition. Bismarck's decisions were significant to WWI because his foreign policy created alliances which was a long term cause of WWI. These alliances created tightness within the continent and led Europe into fighting. Germany, after defeating the French in the Franco-Prussian war, utterly humiliated them through the Treaty of Frankfort. In the end, the treaty caused the French to stand up to Germany in World War One. Kaiser Wilhelm’s decisions were significant to WWI because his bad decisions and unskilled mind caused for the outbreak of the war. Wilhelm II’s brazen , ambitious and aggressive leadership was an important factor in the cause of …show more content…
As a result of the war, Russia was forced to give up Port Arthur and the southern half of Sakhalin Island to Japan, to move out Manchuria, to recognize Korea as a Japanese protectorate and grant Japanese fishing rights north of Vladivostok. After losing the war, people in outrage, due to russian weakness, helped lead to the Russian Revolution, which was a wave of conflicts that lasted more than a year and still didn’t manage to overthrow the Tsar’s government. The February Revolution was the first major event and it was chaotic. The people had this unrest towards the Tsar for his cruel treatment toward them which includes, poor working conditions for city workers and peasants being treated poorly by patricians. Nicholas II was incompetent and didn’t realize that he was failing Russia