What starts the war?

New Strategy and Technology

 The industrial age leads to amazing advances in military technology Submarines Tanks Airplanes Machine-guns Artillery Guns

 Perhaps the most ineffective war strategy conceived Dig large ditches, many times only tens of feet apart Pop up and shoot Machine guns and long-range artillery make advancing almost impossible Costs hundreds of thousands of lives for very little gain

 Developed by the British Creates “good v. evil” diameteric “Evil” enemy eliminates idea of diplomacy Causes war to be lengthened

 Growing imperialism leads to a race for foreign conquest  Expansion into international markets forces various nations into contact  Rising militarism leads to arms race  Nationalism leads to countries seeking to take ethnic lands

 Triple Alliance Germany Austria-Hungary Italy  Triple Entente France Russia England

 Countries agree to support one another in event of attack  Theoretically, would prevent war by having massive consequences for action  German conquests and ambitions upset balance of power

 Alliances actually serve to de-stabilize False sense of confidence and aggression  June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Austria-Hungary) is assassinated by Serbian A-H concerned Serbia trying to break away Russia feels that Serbia is in its domain, warns A- H to back off Germany then threatens Russia to back off France and Britain support Russia