Causes of World War 1 (1914 - 1918)

Learn the pre-1914 situation and how the great powers caused the war

What you'll learn
An academic-oriented analysis of the Causes of World War 1
Causes of the First World War of 1914-1918
Nationalism, Patriotism and Public Opinion in the States before World War 1
German nationalism and how it caused the War of 1914
Britain’s contributions to the outbreak of World War 1
How Austria-Hungary contributed to the outbreak of the War
The contributions of French revanchism to the outbreak of the War
Russian mobilisation and the World War
The role of Serbia in causing World War 1
The absence of a pro-peace International Organisation in 1914
Requirements
Understanding the basic English Language
The 1914 World Map (Download online & print the map)
The European Maps of 1800, 1815, 1848, 1870/71 and 1900 (Optional)
Interested in learning History
Earphones / Headphones for listening to the course
Description
N.B. INTERESTED STUDENTS, PLEASE TAKE NOTE

This course is still in beta mode

Captions will be properly edited in English

More lectures are to be added for Part C (Currently in the post-production phase)

Some lectures with poor audio quality will also be replaced

After all the modules and videos of this course have been uploaded, you are going to learn about the major causes of the First World War of 1914 to 1918.

Here is what you will learn

A. WHAT WAS WORLD WAR 1 OR WW1 DEFINITION?

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B. A BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SOME EUROPEAN STATES BEFORE 1914

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Germany and the German Empire

Britain and the British Empire

France and the French Empire

Austria-Hungary or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, The Dual Monarchy

Russia and the Russian Empire

The Kingdom of Italy

Serbia

Turkey, The Ottoman Empire

C. THE MAJOR CAUSES OF WW1 (LECTURES TO BE ADDED)

N.B MOST LECTURES FOR THIS SECTION HAVE NOT BEEN UPLOADED YET. STILL IN THE POST-PRODUCTION PHASE

1 - The Alliance System

You will learn about the bilateral and multilateral alliances in Europe before 1914 and how they caused the war in 1914. Bilateral alliances included the Dual Alliance, the Entente Cordiale or Anglo-France Alliance, and the Anglo-Russian Entente. The multilateral alliances included the Tripple Entente and the Triple Alliance.

2 - Economic competition amongst the Great Powers

In this section, you will learn about the rise of Germany and the economic rivalries or economic competition amongst the great powers before 1914.

3 - Militarism: The Arms Race

You will learn about how the increase of armaments before 1914 contributed to the worsening of relations in Europe.

4 - Imperialism - Competition for overseas territory after 1905: The Tangier Crisis / The First Moroccan Crisis (1905-1906) and The Algeciras Conference (1906)

You will understand how the 1st Moroccan Crisis divided the great powers

5 - Militarism: The Naval Race

In this part, you will understand the Anglo-German naval race and how it caused the war

6 - Balkan Nationalism: Bosnian Crisis: Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1908)

Here you will learn about how the Bosnian Crisis was a direct cause of the First World War

7 - Imperialism - Competition for overseas territory after 1905: The Second Moroccan Crisis/ Agadir Crisis (1911)

In this part, you will understand how the Anglo-France Alliance or Entente Cordiale was strengthened against Germany.

8 - Balkan Nationalism: The Balkan Wars (1912-1913)

You will learn about the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of the Balkan States like Serbia. This had direct and indirect effects.

9 - Balkan Nationalism - The Sarajevo Incident

This was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914. This was a turning point in European History.

10 - The July Crisis

In July 1914, after the Sarajevo incident, the great powers were not able to ensure peace in Europe. You will learn about the events of July 1914 and how they caused the war in 1914.

11 - Militarism: The Existence of War Plans

The European states had war plans that were created in preparation for war against enemy states. In this section, you will learn how plans like the Schlieffen Plan (Germany) and Plan 17 (France's Plan XVII) led to the outbreak of War in 1914.

12 - Militarism: Military Leaders and Their Influence

Here you will learn of how some European military leaders are to blame for the 1914 war.

13 - Poor Diplomacy - There was no organization to promote peace and discourage wars

You will learn about how the absence of an International Organization like the United Nations is to blame for the war in 1914

Bonus

There are practice questions after most of the lectures. These will allow you to master this topic by critically analyzing History.

D. HOW NATIONALISM, PATRIOTISM, AND PUBLIC OPINION CAUSED WW1

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Here you will learn about how Nationalism, Patriotism, and Public Opinion in the following states caused the War

Germany

Britain

Austria-Hungary

France

Russia

Serbia

E. CONCLUSION

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Who this course is for
Anyone who wants an Academic Analysis of the Causes of the First World War
Undergraduate History students
Any student studying the Causes of World War 1
Graduate and Post-Graduate History Students
Cambridge History Students
Anyone who wants to learn the Causes of World War 1