EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE WWI

1. 2. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2.1. THE CAUSES OF THE WAR
OVERALL CONTEXT
• IMPERIALISM
• Expansion and consolidation of empires.
• NATIONALISM
• National proud.
• Desire of independence of some European
peoples.
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS
• CRISIS IN MOROCCO
• Germany wanted French colonies in Africa
and to avoid an Anglo-French control of
the Strait of Gibraltar.
• BALKANS CONFLICT
• Consequence of the Turkish collapse.

2. THE BALKANS CONFLICT
THE RUSSIAN
EMPIRE
INFLUENCE ON
SLAVIC PEOPLE IN
THE BALKANS =
SERBIA AS A
LOCAL POWER
CONTROL THE
BOSPORUS AND
DARDANELLES
STRAITS (BLACK
SEA AND RUSSIAN
NAVY)
THE AUSTRO-
HUNGARIAN
EMPIRE
OCCUPATION AND
ADMINISTRATION
OF SOME BALKAN
TERRITORIES
(BOSNIA-
HERZEGOVINA)
CONTROL THE
BOSPORUS AND
DARDANELLES
STRAITS
THE
BRITISH
EMPIRE
CONTROL THE
BOSPORUS AND
DARDANELLES
STRAITS
BALKAN
COUNTRIES
FIRST WAR -
AGAINST THE
TURKISH EMPIRE
SECOND WAR -
AMONG
THEMSELVES FOR
THE DOMINANCE
OF THE REGION

3. 2.2. THE OUTBREAK OF WAR