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Table of contents
01 Introduction 06 Militarism cosequences

02 WW1?
Militarism cause
07 before WWI
Origins of militarism

03 War
Arms race before
08 a timeline
Militarism in timeline in

04 in WW1
Military Techonology
09 Videos
05 Naval race 10 Bibliography
 Introduction
Militarism is the belief that a
country should have a strong
military capability and be
prepared to use it aggressively
to defend or promote its
interests.

Imperial countries in Europe

were strong proponents of
militarism.
 Militarism
cause WW1?
Germany take control of Alsace-Lorraine (part of
France)

Murder of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Distrust of the major powers and the creation of

alliances
 ARMS RACE
BEFORE WAR
France and Germany rivalry
caused them to expand their
military forces between 1870-
1914

Many countries began to

practice militarism and
worked to strengthen
and expand their forces

France had 4 million soldiers while Germany had over 4.5 mill
ion
enough for Germany to go to war.
 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY IN WW1

Machine gun Airbone weapons Mines charge with

poison gas
Guns mounted on
Capable of bringing down
airplanes and ships were An awful scientific torture
row after row of soldiers
more effective and were a that immediately attack
from a distance on the
psychological advantage with effects to the soldiers
battlefield
 NAVAL RACE
Throughout the 19th century, Great
Britain ruled the seas.

Only when German Emperor Kaiser

Wilhelm II came to power in 1888 did its
superiority come under threat.

Embarking on a policy of Weltpolitik,

Wilhelm II sought to amass a navy to
challenge Britain.

The naval race became one of the

primary causes of the First World War. The Anglo-German naval race was the most spectacular
strand of the general maritime arms before World War I.
 Militarism
consequences
it caused a potent arms race and it also made the role of diplomacy
less effective for resolving disputes.

The accumulation of military power created an atmosphere of

distrust and suspicion, as countries viewed each other as potential
threats.

The belief in military strength played a role in escalating the conflict

once it began.

The German army suffered the highest number of military losses.

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4 MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CRISES BEFORE WW1

1905-06 1908-09 1911 1912-1913

The First Moroccan The Bosnian crisis The Second The Balkan wars
crisis Moroccan crisis
 Videos
https://youtu.be/8n3EEhufe7c
https://youtu.be/BXtGneTCMgU
 Bibliography
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/f9569916-646f-3b96-976e-3596018572e9?
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Military Technology in World War I | Articles & Essays | Newspaper Pictorials: World
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