Germany
Beliefs
1) Nationalism – Germany is better than all other countries
2) Militarism – Strong army will intimidate
3) Imperialism – Gain other territories to gain power
Leader – Kaiser Wilhelm II
Recent History
1) Country unified in 1871 to form the German Empire
2) Adds 750,000 soldiers to army in 1888
3) Most powerful army in world/Navy rivals Britain
4) Nervous about being surrounded by enemies
Countries with whom you have Alliances (Triple Alliance)
1) Austria-Hungary
2) Italy
Austria-Hungary
Beliefs
1) Slavic independence is a threat to your empire
2) Must keep all of its different nationalities together to
survive
3) Nobody tells Austria Hungary what to do
4) Nationalism – Austria-Hungary is better than all others
Heir to throne of country – Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Countries with whom you have Alliances (Triple Alliance)
1) Germany
2) Italy
Italy
Beliefs
1) Nationalism – Italy is better than all other countries
2) Must help allies
Recent History
1) Country is struggling, but was once very powerful
Countries with whom you have Alliances (Triple Alliance)
1) Germany
2) Austria-Hungary
Russia
Beliefs
1) Nationalism – Russia is better than all other counties
2) Imperialism – Gain other territories to gain power
3) Militarism – Building a strong army leads to power
Leader – Czar Nicholas II
Recent History
1) Recently building its empire by expanding control in Asia
Countries you have alliances with (Triple Entente)
1) France
2) Britain
3) Serbia
France
Beliefs
1) Nationalism – France is better than everyone else
2) Imperialism – Gaining territories gains us power
Recent History
1) Very successful at creating colonies and trade around the
world (esp. Asia)
2) Nervous about Germany’s power
Countries you have alliances with (Triple Entente)
1) Britain
2) Russia
Britain
Beliefs
1) Nationalism – Britain is better than everyone else
2) Imperialism – Gaining territory leads to power
3) Militarism – Has had the worlds best navy for centuries
Recent History
1) Naval power being challenged by Germany
2) Many added colonies around world (esp. Africa)
3) Nervous about Germany’s power
Countries you have an alliance with (Triple Entente)
1) France
2) Russia
3) Belgium (promised to help them stay neutral)
Belgium
Beliefs
1) Isolationism - Just want to be left alone
2) Neutrality – Don’t pick sides – stay out of it
3) Defend if necessary – if attacked, use self defense
Recent History
1) Making beer, lace, and chocolate
2) Tell world to leave Belgium alone
Countries you have an alliance with
1) Britain – will bother you only if you are attacked
2) No others – want to be neutral and alone
Serbia
Beliefs
1) Nationalism – Serbs and Slavs are the best, everyone else is
scum and not to be trusted
2) Slavs in Austria-Hungary should fight for independence
and join Serbia as a united country
3) Death and bloodshed are necessary to make Serbia the
great power it will be.
Recent History
1) You have talked to Slavs in Austria-Hungary about joining
Serbia. They have agreed.
2) You have a friendship with Russia and Czar Nicholas II
Countries with whom you are allies
1) Russia
2) Slavs in Austria Hungary
Blood Enemies
1) Anyone in the way of the Slavs and Serbs uniting to form
the greatest country in the world
2) AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
Slavs in Austria-Hungary
Beliefs
1) Austria-Hungary is scum and should die!
2) The Slavs in Austria-Hungary will soon unite with the
Slavs of Serbia to form the greatest country in the world
3) ANYTHING that can unite Serbia and yourself is
acceptable
Recent History
1) Austria-Hungary has stated you will never be a free people
2) Serbia has asked you to join their country so that Slavs can
be united and free
Countries with whom you are allies
1) You belong to Austria-Hungary – your group is not
permitted to have allies
Blood Enemies
1) Anyone in the way of the Slavs and Serbs uniting to form
the greatest country in the world
2) AUSTRIA-HUNGARY