https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz Title your post as your group members' names en-us 2019-03-31 11:21:37 UTC 2019-04-04 04:58:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348366525 Germany’s past involvements and failures from the moroccan crisis, naval and arms race, as well as other conflicts, prepared a stage for war and led to Germany’s eagerness to charge into conflicts disregarding opposition and neutral nations alike. Breaking many pacts and treaties thus dragging many European nations in the world war.]]> 2019-04-04 04:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348366525 https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348366699

germany, as a new nation, became a military and economic powerhouse, threatening to upset the balance of power in europe 

being late to the scene of imperial power, germany found themselves at a precarious situation because it was located right between france and russia — fear on encirclement 

attempted to deprive france of making meaningful alliances with allies (ie. british) 

when the kaiser ascended to the throne, instead of making germany a satiated power, he encouraged dynamism in the country and for the people to acquire more territories across europe 

]]> 2019-04-04 04:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348366699 https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348366818 German aggression aggravated the situation but was not the sole cause of the outbreak of WW1.  Even though Germany was a great power which would provide a lot of support to Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary would still attack Serbia and start WW1 regardless of Germany, but there would probably be lesser chance of winning the war                   ]]> 2019-04-04 04:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348366818 https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348367124 Germany was responsible for the outbreak of WW1 as they had already planned to start the war all along. The Germans had a motive to start the war, and they wanted to achieve what they set out to do. However, the war may not be all Germany's fault as there were other countries involved in the crisis]]> 2019-04-04 04:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348367124 https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348367158 Since Germany wanted more territory and power in Europe,  they started to conquer the rest of Europe. Since they were also afraid of getting attacked by other nations, they had to become aggressive and thus this would cause WW1 to rise.]]> 2019-04-04 04:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348367158 https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348368672 Germany, through the various international crisis that had occurred through before the July Crisis, would have known that insecurity arising from Germany would have been generated from its previous actions. The blank cheque that it had offered AH and the later declaration of war on Russia, would have a chance to incur an european war, rather than a localised war between AH, Serbia and Russia. AH had no intentions seen  yet to involve Germany however, though the effect of the blank cheque might have spurred on AH's ultimatum, which eventually led to war. (It was never obligated by the present alliance system.) As according to later documents from that point in time, the September memorandum, describing the annexation of surrounding lands, Germany might have had a goal in mind when war was triggered, that would prove to be beneficial enough for them to fight a costly war.]]> 2019-04-04 04:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lee_xin_er/9rgyqmsba8rz/wish/348368672