Bricks history 3 vwo chapter 1
In the Franco-Prussian war Germany took some land from France. France was
very mad about this while Germany wanted to keep growing over sea. After the
assassination of Franz Ferdinand Germany teamed up with Bulgaria, Austria
Hungary and the Ottoman empire. They called themselves the axis powers
They fought against Russia who got help from France (because they were mad
at Germany) and the most powerful nation of that time Britain. These countries
were called the allies. Germany used the Schlieffen plan to attack France. Their
plan was to go through Belgium straight to Paris. After conquering the capital
the France had to surrender to Germany. This meant germy could use Frances
soldiers to fight against Russia. But the Schlieffen plan failed and the French and
German soldiers got stuck in a trench war. These trenches were very dirty and
many soldiers died because of diseases. Both army’s started to use new
weapons like gas and tanks to try and escape the trenches. One of these new
weapons was the U-boat. This was a German submarine and was used to attack
Britain ships. What the Germans didn’t know was that they destroyed the
Lusitania. This was a passenger ship with many Americans on board. America
got mad at Germany for killing their people and joined the war on the allied
side. Because Germany was fighting the war for 4 years they hadn’t had many
troops left and because France got new soldiers from the Americans Germany
surrendered. After ww1 the Ottoman empire renamed itself to turkey.
Meanwhile the big four (USA, France, Britain and Italy) signed the treaty of
Versailles. In this treaty there were some rules Germany had to obey.
1. Germany is not allowed to have an army bigger than 100 000 men
2. Germany loses all their colonies and the land they conquered in the Franco-
Prussian war
3. Germany had to pay for war damage to Russia, USA, Britain and France
After ww1 Austria Hungary had a civil war. This made Austria Hungary split up
in many different countries.
In the Franco-Prussian war Germany took some land from France. France was
very mad about this while Germany wanted to keep growing over sea. After the
assassination of Franz Ferdinand Germany teamed up with Bulgaria, Austria
Hungary and the Ottoman empire. They called themselves the axis powers
They fought against Russia who got help from France (because they were mad
at Germany) and the most powerful nation of that time Britain. These countries
were called the allies. Germany used the Schlieffen plan to attack France. Their
plan was to go through Belgium straight to Paris. After conquering the capital
the France had to surrender to Germany. This meant germy could use Frances
soldiers to fight against Russia. But the Schlieffen plan failed and the French and
German soldiers got stuck in a trench war. These trenches were very dirty and
many soldiers died because of diseases. Both army’s started to use new
weapons like gas and tanks to try and escape the trenches. One of these new
weapons was the U-boat. This was a German submarine and was used to attack
Britain ships. What the Germans didn’t know was that they destroyed the
Lusitania. This was a passenger ship with many Americans on board. America
got mad at Germany for killing their people and joined the war on the allied
side. Because Germany was fighting the war for 4 years they hadn’t had many
troops left and because France got new soldiers from the Americans Germany
surrendered. After ww1 the Ottoman empire renamed itself to turkey.
Meanwhile the big four (USA, France, Britain and Italy) signed the treaty of
Versailles. In this treaty there were some rules Germany had to obey.
1. Germany is not allowed to have an army bigger than 100 000 men
2. Germany loses all their colonies and the land they conquered in the Franco-
Prussian war
3. Germany had to pay for war damage to Russia, USA, Britain and France
After ww1 Austria Hungary had a civil war. This made Austria Hungary split up
in many different countries.
