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WILHELM THE SECOND

WILHELM THE SECOND. WILLIE ANGERS A WORLD. " STEPS LEADING TO WORLD WAR I " 1839 Belgium declared neutral Agreed to by Br./Fr./Ru./Prussia. 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War Alsace-Lorraine lost.

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WILHELM THE SECOND

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  1. WILHELM THE SECOND WILLIE ANGERS A WORLD

  2. "STEPS LEADING TO WORLD WARI" 1839Belgium declared neutral Agreed to by Br./Fr./Ru./Prussia

  3. 1870-71Franco-Prussian War Alsace-Lorraine lost From PunchMagazine

  4. 1882 The Triple Alliance • Germany/Austria/Italy

  5. 1896 Wilhelm II announces "WELTMACHT" policy (Germany to become world power.)

  6. 1898Fashoda Crisis

  7. 1899-02 Boer War • Orange Free State and Transvaal and commando.

  8. BOERS AROUND SPION KOP

  9. Spion Kop

  10. BLOCK HOUSE

  11. THE BRITISH

  12. CONCENTRATION CAMP

  13. CONCENTRATION CAMP

  14. COMMANDO

  15. COMMANDO

  16. Massive influx of British • Concentration Camps / Pill box • Vereeniging peace settlement

  17. 1902Anglo-Japanese Alliance • JAPAN HAS A POWERFUL BIG BROTHER

  18. 1904 Entente Cordiale • France/Britain • France hasMorocco. • Britain hasEgypt.

  19. 1904-05Russo-Japanese War • Russia has bigger navy and army.

  20. Navy is outmoded / mobilization not possible

  21. Port Arthur • Russia loses badly on land.

  22. RUSSIAN DEAD AT PORT ARTHUR

  23. ROSHESTVENSKI

  24. TSHIMASTRAITS • Russia loses badly at sea.

  25. SHOOTING FISH IN BARREL

  26. Witte wins concessions at peace table Teddy Roosevelt Witte

  27. 1905 The Moroccan Crisis • Algeciras Conference1906 Entente strengthened

  28. BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES?

  29. 1906 HMS Dreadnought launched

  30. WESTFALEN

  31. 1907 Triple Entente • Britain/France/Russia

  32. 1908Bosnia/Herzegovina annexed by Austria

  33. 1911 Black hand founded

  34. 1911 Agadir CrisisGerman ship Panther in “gunboat diplomacy” (Germany gets French Congo)

  35. 1912-13 Balkan Wars

  36. CABRINOVIK HURLS BOMB • Cabrinovik throws bomb; takes poison, jumps off into river. Lives… arrested.

  37. Princip killed Ferdinand and Sophie and then tried to kill himself… • Arrested, questioned, eventually gives up the other conspirators who had escaped to Serbia...

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