Arming For WarNationalism leads to

Militarism

Concept Attainment: MilitarismThe Greatness of War

- Heinrich Von Treitschke

• What must the individual forget for the sake of the state?

• What fosters war?

• How is Christianity “perverted” by militarism?

• According to Treitschke what will God insure?

• According to this excerpt what is the attitude toward Militarism?

• What is Militarism?

Moving Towards Militarism

• Nationalism leads to imperialism which in turn leads to Militarism.

• Militarism, the policy of glorifying military power and keeping a prepared army for war.

• Chancellor Otto von Bismarck leads nations to victory against France and stability.

Bismarck forces Pacts

• 1879 makes pact between Germany and Austria- Hungary.

• Three years later Italy joins pact forming the Triple Alliance.

• Makes pact with Russia (Which will lapse with Wilhelm II)

Kaiser Wilhelm II• Kaiser Wilhelm II replaces

Bismarck as leader of Germany.

• Militaristic, enlarges German Navy.

• Alarms other nations to forming their own alliances.

• Great Britain, France, and Russia would form the Triple Entente in opposition to Triple Alliance.

Balkans Becomes Powder Keg

• National uprisings in area create uprisings and ethnic clashes.

• Serbians try to create their own ethnically majority nations.

• Austria-Hungary looks at Serbia as new area for conquest.

Alliances on the eve of World War I, 1914

• In the following activity you will identify, locate, label, then color in your map of Europe’s World War I Alliances.

• What countries make up the Balkans?

• Based on the map, which alliance would have an advantage if war erupted?