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Causes of World War One 1900–1914

      

   

Contents:

  1. Background

  2. The Growing Crisis

  3. Four Steps to War

  4. Self-test

   

Plus:

  1. Revision sheet

  2. Hard-copy booklet

      

 

AQA KEY QUESTIONS and SYLLABUS CONTENT:  

     

 

  • The alliance system and the Arms race;

  • Moroccan Crises of 1905 and 1911;

  • Bosnian Crisis 1908-9. 

  • events leading to the outbreak of war.

  • Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary and the Serbs;

  •  the Schlieffen Plan;

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    Links:

    The Causes of World War One - Views of historians

      

     

    Blackadder on the causes of World War One

      

    - BBC debate-podcast on why war broke out

    - Giles Hill's podcast on the long-term causes of the war

    - Giles Hill's podcast on the outbreak of the war

    - quirky view

     

    Map of Europe in 1914

      

    Good notes + activities: recommended

    More notes 

    Brilliant overview from wikipedia

    Reed Brett on the Causes of the War

    Prof Rempel on the Causes

      

    Interactive lesson - really good once you think you have got the basic idea

      

    BBC site - by Gary Sheffield

      

    Blackadder on the Causes of World War One - can you understand the humour?

      

    This site looks at the coming of war from Britain's point of view

     

    This thread on the History Help forum looks at how you can blame almost everyone and everyone for starting the war!

    Two essays, one arguing that militarism, the other that nationalism was to blame

    Nebojsa Malic argues simply and effectively that Serbia was not to blame, but that Austria and Germany wanted war.

    Gerhard Rempel and Raffael Scheck claim that Germany was to blame - very difficult  

    Steven Sowards sees the War as developing out of the situation in the Balkans - again, very difficult

      

    Mr Punch's History of the Great War - first published in 1919; includes lots of cartoons

       

    In this module you will learn:  

     

    The tensions in Europe which led to war [ANIMAL].    

    The 8 crises of 1900-1914 [BiG FaT BABA]    

    The 4 steps to war, July-August 1914 [ARSE]