The path to war

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Key points

• Between 1900 and 1914, there were a number of major incidents which made war inevitable.
• 1905 - Kaiser Wilhelm promised to help Morocco gain independence.
• 1908 - Wilhelm called the English 'all mad' and that the Germans hated them.
• 1908 - Austria annexed Bosnia.
• 1911 - Revolution in Morocco.
• 1912 to 1913 - Serbia and other Balkan countries conquered most of Turkeys land.
• 1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in Sarajevo.

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