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World War I | World War i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-10 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-10 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Powers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Powers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_theatre_of_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_theatre_of_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_theatre_of_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_theatre_of_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_and_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_and_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_of_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_of_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocides_in_history_(World_War_I_through_World_War_II) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocides_in_history_(World_War_I_through_World_War_II) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_and_modernization_of_the_Ottoman_Empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_and_modernization_of_the_Ottoman_Empire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_power_(international_relations) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_power_(international_relations) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Imperialism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Imperialism |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_power | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_power |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Crisis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Crisis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_Serb | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_Serb |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrilo_Princip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrilo_Princip |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Third_Republic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Third_Republic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_I) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_I) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania_in_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania_in_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece_during_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece_during_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_entry_into_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_entry_into_World_War_I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_submarine_warfare_(February_1917) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_submarine_warfare_(February_1917) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_between_Russia_and_the_Central_Powers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_between_Russia_and_the_Central_Powers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_spring_offensive | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_spring_offensive |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Army | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Army |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days_Offensive | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days_Offensive |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_revolution_of_1918%E2%80%931919 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_revolution_of_1918%E2%80%931919 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Conference_(1919%E2%80%931920) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Conference_(1919%E2%80%931920) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_reparations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_reparations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Czechoslovak_Republic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Czechoslovak_Republic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwar_period | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwar_period |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
Names | Noms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShapiroEpstein2006329-11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShapiroEpstein2006329-11 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%C3%A0_Court_Repington | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%C3%A0_Court_Repington |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-12 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-12 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBraybon20048-13 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBraybon20048-13 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent_(New_York_City) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent_(New_York_City) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-independent19140817-14 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-independent19140817-14 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclean%27s | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclean%27s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-15 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-15 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_war_to_end_war | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_war_to_end_war |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-16 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-16 |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I |
Political and military alliances | Alliances politiques et militaires |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-17 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-17 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Entente | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Entente |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Alliance_(1882) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Alliance_(1882) |
Map of Europe focusing on Austria-Hungary and marking the central location of ethnic groups in it including Slovaks, Czechs, Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Romanians, Ukrainians, Poles. | Carte de l'Europe centrée sur l'Autriche-Hongrie et indiquant la position centrale des groupes ethniques qui la composent, notamment les Slovaques, les Tchèques, les Slovènes, les Croates, les Serbes, les Roumains, les Ukrainiens et les Polonais. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_power_(international_relations) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_power_(international_relations) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_of_Europe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_of_Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_and_modernization_of_the_Ottoman_Empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_and_modernization_of_the_Ottoman_Empire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Imperialism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Imperialism |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Prussian_War | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Prussian_War |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire |
Post 1871, the primary aim of French policy was to |
Après 1871, l'objectif principal de la politique française est de |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revanchism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revanchism |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZeldin1977117-19 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZeldin1977117-19 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-20 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-20 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_the_Three_Emperors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_the_Three_Emperors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%931878) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%931878) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Alliance_(1879) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Alliance_(1879) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Alliance_(1882) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Alliance_(1882) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeegan199852-21 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeegan199852-21 |
For Bismarck, the purpose of these agreements was to isolate France by ensuring the three Empires resolve any disputes between themselves; when this was threatened in 1880 by British and French attempts to negotiate directly with Russia, he reformed the League in 1881, which was renewed in 1883 and 1885. After this expired in 1887, Bismarck set up the |
Pour Bismarck, l'objectif de ces accords était d'isoler la France en veillant à ce que les trois empires règlent leurs différends entre eux ; lorsque cet objectif a été menacé en 1880 par British et les tentatives françaises de négocier directement avec la Russie, il a réformé la Ligue en 1881, qui a été renouvelée en 1883 et 1885. Après son expiration en 1887, Bismarck a mis en place le |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinsurance_Treaty | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinsurance_Treaty |
World empires and colonies c. 1914 | Empires et colonies du monde vers 1914 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_von_Caprivi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_von_Caprivi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeenan198620-23 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeenan198620-23 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Russian_Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Russian_Alliance |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entente_Cordiale | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entente_Cordiale |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Entente | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Entente |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Russian_Convention | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Russian_Convention |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Game | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Game |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWillmott200315-24 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWillmott200315-24 |
This was accentuated by British and Russian support for France against Germany during the 1911 |
Cela a été accentué par le soutien apporté par British et Russian à la France contre l'Allemagne lors de la |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agadir_Crisis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agadir_Crisis |
Arms race | Course aux armements |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Rheinland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Rheinland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau-class_battleship | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau-class_battleship |
German economic and industrial strength continued to expand rapidly post-1871. Backed by Wilhelm II, Admiral |
German La puissance économique et industrielle a continué à se développer rapidement après 1871. Soutenu par Wilhelm II, l'amiral |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_von_Tirpitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_von_Tirpitz |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWillmott200321-26 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWillmott200321-26 |
This policy was based on the work of US naval author |
Cette politique s'appuyait sur les travaux de l'auteur naval AMÉRICAIN |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Thayer_Mahan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Thayer_Mahan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-water_navy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-water_navy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-German_naval_arms_race | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-German_naval_arms_race |
Despite the vast sums spent by Tirpitz, the launch of |
Malgré les sommes considérables dépensées par Tirpitz, le lancement du |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_(1906) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_(1906) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWillmott200321-26 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWillmott200321-26 |
Ultimately, the race diverted huge resources into creating a German navy large enough to antagonise Britain, but not defeat it; in 1911, Chancellor |
En fin de compte, la course a détourné d'énormes ressources pour créer une marine German suffisamment importante pour contrarier la Grande-Bretagne, mais pas pour la vaincre ; en 1911, le chancelier |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStevenson201645-29 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStevenson201645-29 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Russian_Revolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Russian_Revolution |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStevenson201642-31 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStevenson201642-31 |
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For Bismarck, peace with Russia was the foundation of German foreign policy but in 1890, he was forced to retire by |
The latter was persuaded not to renew the Reinsurance Treaty by his new |
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However, it was also an emotional decision, driven by Wilhelm's simultaneous admiration for the Royal Navy and desire to surpass it. Bismarck thought that the British would not interfere in Europe, as long as its maritime supremacy remained secure, but his dismissal in 1890 led to a change in policy and an |
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This decision was not driven by a reduction in political tensions but by German concern over Russia's quick recovery from its defeat in the |
This decision was not driven by a reduction in political tensions but by German concern over Russia's quick recovery from its defeat in the |
Economic reforms, backed by French funding, led to a significant post-1908 expansion of railways and transportation infrastructure, particularly in its western border regions. | |
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Since Germany and Austria-Hungary relied on faster mobilisation to compensate for their numerical inferiority compared to |
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After Germany expanded its standing army by 170,000 troops in 1913, France extended compulsory military service from two to three years; similar measures were taken by the |
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Absolute figures are difficult to calculate due to differences in categorising expenditure since they often omit civilian infrastructure projects like railways which also had logistical importance and military use. | |
It is known, however, that from 1908 to 1913, military spending by the six major European powers increased by over 50% in real terms. | |
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