Alliance System in 1914

• Triple Alliance – Germany

– Austria-Hungary

– Italy

• Triple Entente– Great Britain

– France

– Russia

The Powder Keg

• Archduke Francis Ferdinand

• The Black Hand

• Ultimatum

The War Begins

• Mobilization

• Conscription

• Jingoism

The Schlieffen Plan

• The Western Front

• Great Britain Enters the War

• Neutral

Western Front 1915

• Stalemate

• Trench Warfare

• Blockade

• U-Boats