Paragraph 1.2 -Europe goes to war - 2023

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Today

Paragraph 1.2 - Europe goes to war 

At the end of the lesson you will know/be able to…

• review answers of last lesson on what was the MAIN cause of WWI (we will doing this question several times and your answer and arguments will change (hopefully))
• You can explain the Schlieffen plan
  
• You can connect the MAIN causes to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
  

Read together 'The Balkans' (TB 11)

“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”– Otto von Bismarck (1888)

One shot started all

• 28th of June, 1914 in Sarajevo
  
• Ultimatum to Serbia is formulated in accord with Germany, who support is sought first
  
• Handed to Serbian government: 23rd July 1914. They had 48 hours to react. Terms that no state would ever accept according to Winston Churchill
• 25th July: all terms are accepted, except the internal investigation
  
• 28th of July: Austrian-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia
  

Von Schlieffenplan

• Read together: ‘The Schlieffen Plan’ (TB p.10)
  
• Copy/paste the map in your notebook (TB p.10) and explain the Schlieffen plan in your own words.
  
• What are the possible down sides to this plan? Write down two possible flaws.
  
• What did you write down? Collect on the whiteboard
• Read together 'The first days of the war' (TB 13) 
• Belgium puts up more resistance
  
• Russia mobilises quicker
  
• The surprise attack wasn’t a big surprise giving the French time to prepare and call on allies
  

War as an ideal

• Read 'The direct cause of the war' and ‘War on the Western Front’ (TB 13)
  
• Make exercise 5 and 6 (WB 10)

To do

React to the words of Otto von Bismarck: 

“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”– Otto von Bismarck (1888)

To what extend rang Bismarck's words true. Connect the words with the MAIN causes of the war.

Use the next slide to fill out your answer 
 

“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”– Otto von Bismarck (1888)

To what extend rang Bismarck's words true. Connect the words with the MAIN causes of the war