WWI

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Which countries were
involved in WWI?

G1:World War I

1914-1918

How and why it started

1. Causes of World War I

• German unification - end of power equilibrium
• France seeking revenge
• Alliances
• Rising nationalism 
• Militarism: conscription - mass armies
• industrialisation - mass production of weapons
• Economic competition

Let's hear those answers ...

How did Belgum manage to hold back the Germans?

General Von Schlieffen wanted to avoid a two-front war and came up with a plan to attack and defeat France by surpise. 

Note: this plan dated from 1905!

• heir: successor, someone who inherits a title,...
• to mobilise: to assemble an army and prepare to fight
• honour bound: sworn to ..., having pledged (an oath)
• trench warfare: fighting a war in entrenched positions 

2. Sarajevo and the Julycrisis

• The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand triggers a large-scale conflict:
• Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
• Russia backs Serbia and mobilises its army
• Germany declares war on Serbia and Russia
• France (allied to Russia) declares war on Germany
• Germany invades Belgium - Uk declares war on Germany

Gavrillo Princip was arrested shortly after he fired two lethal shots

Franz-ferdinand was the heir to the Austrian empire.

Trigger-cause?

How would you translate these idioms in Dutch?

How do these soldiers feel?
Why would they feel like that?
Why is this rather surprising?