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Great Powers 1882 - 1907
- 1879 - Dual Alliance - Germany & Austria-Hungary - 1882 - Triple Alliance - Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy - 1892 - Franco-Russian Alliance - France & Russia - 1904 - Entente Cordiale - Britain & France - 1907 - Anglo-Russian Entente - Britain & Russia - 1907 - Triple Entente - Britain, France & Russia
Great Britain's Strenghts: - Strong Navy - Largest Empire - Island - Well Protected
France's Objectives: - Need to expand Empire - Build up army and navy - Defend's itself from France - Make alliances - Build up Power
European Powers: Prior 1914
Britain's Objectives: - Develop Army - Make Alliances - Sustain Power - Make Bigger Empire - Defend Territory - Make sure Army and Navy was stronger than Germany's.
Great Britain: At this moment, Great Britain were happy to remain in 'Splendid Isolationism' from any alliances - as long as no single power took control. It was a deliberate policy in Britain. Britain depended highly on the Navy as it was a Island - therefore it was very strong and envied by other great powers.
Germany's Objectives:: - Need Overseas Colonies - Need an Empire like France and Britain had - Build up a vast army - Get rid of 'Encirclement' - Match Great Britain's Power
Germany's Strenghts: - Navy: 2nd most powerful to Britains - Ambitious Leader - 2nd Best Industry - Won war against France
France: France was quite weak at this point as they had just lost Alsace Lorraine to Germany. France were bitter over this.
Key Alliances
Germany: Before 1870, it was a collection of small independant states, of which Prussia was most powerful. Bismarck made the German Empire. They formed an alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy in 1882, called the 'Triple Entente'. By 1914, Germa's Industry had taken over Britain's and was second in the world to the USA.
By Becky Guy
France's Strenghts: - Had an overseas Empire - Had a fairly strong army - 1,000,000 men in 1914 - Had the third highest amount of warships (62 in 1914)
