![]() The Great War . Maps & Battles . Europe in 1. 91. 4At the start of the Great War in 1. Germany was a relatively young power, only coming into existence following a series of wars in 1. Germany's Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, had shepherd the country into the 2. Germany must always be in a majority of three in any dispute among the five great European powers. His aim was to maintain peaceful ties with Russian. When Kaiser Wilhelm II came to power, he quickly retired Bismarck, and upset the Chancellor's delicate balance of power by refusing to renew Germany's friendship with Russia. Germany soon found itself in a minority of two. Its only European ally was the weakest of the European powers, Austria- Hungary. The tripwire that set off the century's first global conflict was Austria's declaration of war against Serbia on July 2. Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne) was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian fanatic. A war between Austria and Serbia meant a war between Austria and Russia - - Serbia's traditional ally. That meant war between Russia and Germany. And that meant war between Germany and France. And that meant war between Germany and Great Britain. In a flash, the whole continent was at war. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Masih banyak lagi » Account Options. Masuk; Setelan penelusuran. A companion website to THE GREAT WAR AND THE SHAPING OF THE 20TH CENTURY, a television series that goes beyond the military and political history of World War I to. Erlebe die antike Inkastadt Machu Picchu – mit Google Werben mit Google Unternehmensangebote +Google Über Google Google.com. © 2016 - Datenschutzerklärung -. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Smarty Pins is a Google Maps based geography and trivia game. WC3MapDB 2.2.0 - ©2004-2015 Epic War Maps are provided as is and are not guaranteed to be without errors. Warcraft is ©2002-2003 Blizzard Entertainment. Trinidad and Tobago : Advanced search Language tools: Google.tt offered in: हिन्दी Français Español (Latinoamérica) 中文(繁體). ![]()
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