... but this soon changed. France built a stronger army and made forts around the border between them and Germany. In 1908 Kaiser Willhelm, king of Germany and ruler of the German army announced that he would build a German navy. This ...

... Britain was still worried. In 1870 there was a war between Germany and France called the Franco-Prussian war. The Germans captured a piece of French land called Alsace-Lorraine. The French wanted the Alsace-Lorraine back and were still worried that the Germans ...

... in the Balkans and Russia was ready to help. Like the Balkans, many different races, including Slavs, lived within the Austro-Hungarian borders. A united Slav Serbia could be all they needed to start demanding independence from Austria-Hungary and looking to ...

... Britain was still worried. In 1870 there was a war between Germany and France called the Franco-Prussian war. The Germans captured a piece of French land called Alsace-Lorraine. The French wanted the Alsace-Lorraine back and were still worried that the Germans ...

... or Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy), united in 1882, and the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia), formed in 1907. Both were similarly equipped with weapons and naval force. All the six countries were ready to confront any other ...

... visit Sarajevo in June of 1914, the Black Hand decided to assassinate him. Three young Bosnians were recruited, trained and equipped: Gavrilo Princip, Nedjelko Cabrinovic and Trifko Grabez. Because of its many government and army members, the Black Hand's activities were ...

... of Germany as a single power. Within the alliances, each member was made to promise that if an ally was ever in trouble, that they would always help that particular country and help. There were many tensions between people and ...

... The Transvaal state had also accepted British control over its external relations in 1884. The British press as a result treated the Kaiser's action as a massive interference in British's imperial affairs. To summarise the Germans hoped they could be ...

... Britain's. France's hatred for Germany came from a war in which they had been defeated and humiliated by Germany years before, and they wanted revenge. And Russia hated Germany as they had been betrayed from their treaty with Germany in ...

... 1862, and now Germany, wanted to keep France isolated to prevent the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine. The Development of the alliance system The Triple Alliance was the treaty by which Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy promised (May 20, 1882) to support each ...

... from any attacks. We also didn't stop Hitler when he sent troops into the Rhineland. We take some blame for this as we were to busy dealing with the troubles in Abbasynia. He had fair reasons for doing this as ...

... not disrupt the delicate European balance of power. He created an intricate system of treaties, however these often had covert clauses. Von Bismarck realised that there was a lot of tension between Germany and France, so he realised that if ...

... in the growth of rigidity of the alliance system and imbalance of power. Before the WWII Germany was in economic crisis, because of the consequences of the Versailles Treaty, however it managed to recover as soon as it was rehabilitated ...

... so big they would eat a wounded man if he couldn't defend himself." These rats became very bold and would attempt to take food from the pockets of sleeping men. Two or three rats would always be found on a ...

... in Europe. Each country and representative had their own aims and ambitions: Britain wanted a balanced Europe that would not require further involvement so that it would be able to concentrate on its colonies, Prussia wanted Saxony, Russia wanted Poland ...

... see that the treaty could be justified at the time. At that time there had just been a war ended and there was intense nationalism within the countries and their leaders. Most European countries had suffered great losses, whether, in ...

... the newly unified Germany of the coal-rich territories of Alsace and Lorraine. The plan was fatally flawed, and relied to an untenable extent upon the "élan" which was believed to form an integral part of the French army - an ...

... nation's goals came into conflict with the goals of other nations. An example of this would be Serbian nationalism. Serbia led a movement to unite the regions of Slavs. This weakened the Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Ottoman empires as Slavs made ...

... take, and the 150 rounds of bullets. I only took an extra pair of socks, but then I realised that when I went out there and it was freezing and I wished I bought 3 extra pairs of socks with ...

... The power was within the members of the Indian Civil Service, who were responsible for administering India, settling disputes and encouraging economic development. India had been run by direct rule, (when the person running the country is in the country), ...

... was in No Man's Land. Thereafter came the front-line firing trenches. From here soldiers would shoot at the enemy. In a front-line trench, there would be a dugout, which would be about 21/2 metres in height. There would be duckboards, ...

... Treaty of Paris. Finally the French, under Napoleon III emerged as a political force in Europe. Napoleon's foreign policy was based upon finding a stroke of international prestige (support either national or liberal cause in Europe). On top of all ...

... grow. In fact the rigid enforcement of outdated rule only encouraged resistance against it. People saw how the country had prospered under Napoleonic rule and wanted to return to this. This led to the growth of secret societies and revolutions ...

... the "Reparations." A staggering amount of compensation had to be paid back to the victorious nations. The sum of money (6.6 billion) was almost irrelevant as France and Britain were fully aware that it was a far too inflated amount. ...

... cover of the broken walls, and then entered a communication trench called 'Somme Street'. We moved along this trench in daylight for 300 yards and then we were only 100 yards from our own front line, and 400 yards from ...