Europe has woken up at war this Thursday. the russian president Vladimir Putin has given the ‘ok’ to the military intervention in eastern Ukraine. The explosions are already leaving dozens dead. Faced with this situation, experts remember to try to find a similar conflict in Europe. For this they have to go back to the Second World War. This is what he points out Maximiliano Fuentes Coderadoctor in Contemporary History and professor at the University of Girona.
For its part, Angel Catero, professor of Geography and History, explains that the trigger for the Second World War was the First World War. Specifically the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles, which pointed to Germany as the culprit. Thus, the expert explains that when the first great conflict ends “Europe is made of coal”. Then Roaring 20’s are here with a misleading economic impulse.
“It was a mirage, the crisis is coming, the crack of 29 is coming. Old wounds reopen. This gives rise to authoritarian regimes, such as Germany or Italy, begin to flourish and promote a nationalist expansionist policy. They found the perfect excuse in the treaties 1919 to take revenge. Germany, which had it sworn to all Christ, begins to invade us and begins with Poland. Gives rise to the outbreak of WWII“. For Maximiliano Fuentes Coderadoctor in Contemporary History, the origin of the Second World War is the will of Nazi Germany for occupying a territory in the name of racial purity.
Who started the first world war
Angel Catero points out that France and Prussia are largely to blame for the start of the First World War. “In 1870 the Franco-Prussian War took place. The carcas, who were the French who wanted to continue maintaining the characteristics of the Old Regime, and the liberals, Prussia who wanted to modernize, were fighting. Prussia’s victory left a resentment that stood in time.” Then, unification of Germany takes place and Bismarck appears. “He knew what was happening in Europe and carried out an alliance system. His objectives were, on the one hand, to isolate France because it was still mired in defeat in the Franco-Prussian war, and, on the other hand, to maintain the balance in the Balkans because there Russia and Austria had conflicting interests. Bismarckian systems are the embryo of the First World War alliance“.
With the death of Emperor Wilhelm IWilliam II ascends the throne with a more aggressive policy for the expansion of German colonies. Bismarck resigns. Germany wanted to get involved in the colonial distribution in Africa and there are beginning to be problems with France and England. This period is known as the Armed Peace because there was peace but at the same time everyone was preparing just in case, explains the history teacher. The sides are created: the Triple Entente with England, France and Russia; and the Triple Alliance with the German empire, the Austro-Hungarian empire and Italy.
Despite all this, the real trigger for the war was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian thronethe Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. They were killed in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914. The perpetrator of the incident was black hand, the Serbian terrorist organization that wanted to unite all the South Slavic peoples and get rid of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Then, “Austria Hungary accuses Serbia indirectly as an accomplice and launched an ultimatum with unsuitable conditions. Thus, Austria declares war on Serbia, Russia gets in the way as an ally of Serbia. One behind the other”.
How long did World War I last?
The First World War It took longer than expected then. “People thought it would be a quick war but it got stuck.” So much so that lasted four years. The First War lasted from August 1914 to 1918, on November 11 of that year peace was signed. After her, a war with great demographic consequences: more than 10 million deaths and more than 20 million wounded. Its high economic costs, 30% of the national wealth of France, 22% of that of Germany, 26% of that of Italy. modified european map, says the history teacher. The four empires disappeared and new countries emerged. On the other hand, it is signed TRatatouille of Versailles, an agreement that the Germans considered humiliating because it pointed to them as those responsible for the conflict. In fact, collected very harsh conditions for them. Germany thought it was a vindictive act, an act that eventually led to the second world war.
Source: Lasexta
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