* War in the Balkans. Spreading of Wars NB: Alliances – opposed When Serbs were under attack, they asked Russia for help. Russia was sympathetic and said yes. Tsar Nicholas II MOBILISED Russia 29th July to help Serbia – THIS STARTED THE COUNTDOWN FOR THE FIRST WORLD WAR. 5....30th July | When Kaiser heard that Russia was getting ready for war (Mobilising) he asked Tsar Nicholas to stop.
The Germans started having second thoughts about the war and urged their ally to negotiate with Russia. Russia realized that an agreement would hurt their position in the Balkans. This basically created a stand still and the countries involved could no longer back out, The Germans started their plan to gain European dominance on July 31st. The Germans sent ultimatums to St. Petersburg and Paris telling them that the Russians need to stop mobilizing their troops and demanded a pledge of neutrality from France. They did not receive a satisfactory reply and they declared war on Russia and France.
It was often the cases of self interest that these two nations resorted too. In Manchuria, Britain and France were unwilling to send their armies nor fleets, in Abyssinia, they did not close the Suez Canal , which could have stopped Mussolini's invasion and they did not ban important war materials such as coal, oil and steel. The USSR was the only country powerful enough to send troops to force the aggressors into accepting the League's wishes, but they weren't in the League. Without the USA, the League was permanently weakened. Had the USA been in the league, Japan wouldn't have conquered Manchuria and Mussolini would have backed off Abyssinia.
In June 1914, a Serbian nationalist assassinated him and his wife while they were in Sarajevo, Bosnia which was part of Austria-Hungary. This was in protest to Austria-Hungary having control of this region. Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia and Herzegovina. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to mobilize due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia.
This can be compared to as a domino effect. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. On July 29, Russia ordered a partial mobilization only against Austria-Hungary in support of Serbia, which escalated into a general mobilization. The Germans threatened war on July 31 if the Russians did not demobilize. On August 1, Germany declared war on Russia,
On April 6th 1917 the United States entered into WW1, which would be known as one of the worst wars in history. WW1 began in 1914 when a Serbian nationalist murdered Duke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austria-Hungarian empire. At this point in time Europe was divided into two main alliances. The Triple entente, France, Britain, and Russia, and the Triple alliance of Germany, the Austria-Hungary Empire and Italy. After the attack on the archduke, Germany pledged to support the Austro-Hungarian government in its retaliation to the assassination.
Allied countries agreed to defend each other, therefore when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia got involved to defend their Allie. Germany being Austria-Hungary’s Allie declared war on Russia. Germany seemed unstoppable and attacked France, turning the Britain,
War would rid the nation of selfishness. Spark a national re-birth based on heroism. Why did Britain Get Involved? Britain had ententes with France and Russia. Only “friendly agreements” but French and Russians given impression Britain would fight.
Throughout 1915, World War I was beginning and the majority of these countries were involved. Another crucial factor was the lack of awareness of what was going on; this was before communications technology was thoroughly developed. Many eyewitness accounts reached Germany, USA, Great Britain and other countries. But few accounts were made available to the general public. Germany, the only country who could have influenced the Ottoman Empire to stop the massacres, did not want to lose such an important strategic partner, so they made the decision to ignore the attacks and go on as if all was well.
This showed the world that the actions of this group should not be taken seriously. Instead of America taking militar action they responded with the Stimson Doctrine. With this doctrine the US would not recognize “Manchuko” because it was taken by force. Only slightly stronger than what the League of Nations did it had the same result; it did nothing to stop the aggression. The actions in Italy, Germany, and Japan just pushed the isolationist movement even more, to not be dragged into another foreign war.