British fear of Russia Trouble with colonies World War one

Britain’s highest priority was to protect the trade

routes between India and Britain.
The British Empire famously occupied
one-quarter of the globe “the sun never sets on British
Britain’’.
In the 19th century, Russia wanted control over
the Dardanelles, the area where the Black Sea
opened out into the Mediterranean Sea. If they
. British imperialism was focused on maintaining
and expanding trade, the importation of raw
perspective
materials and the sale of manufactured goods
got control over that, it would allow Russian war
and trading ships to easily sail around Europe

Until the early 1900s, Britain was more

concerned about Russia and France than
Germany.

British policy suggested that in Europe, no

country should be completely dominant. In about
1907, it became clear to Britain that Germany
was probably their threat. Because of this, Britain
joined the Triple Entente.
On July 26 1914 Britain attempts to organize a
political conference among the major European
powers to resolve the conflict between Austria-
Hungary and Serbia. France and Italy agree to
participate. Russia then agrees, but Germany
refuses
Britain had a lot of colonies and they had to
support them in the War. Those colonies gave
Britain support
Even though Britain was very focussed on the
empire, they were also interested in the events
happening in Europe
Both Belgium and France had large empires in
This brochure is about World
Africa. Britain and France also had a strong rivalry War one from the British
over ownership in North Africa. Germany also
had colonies in Africa in the early 1900s and they perspective. Enjoy reading!
started to show interest in North Africa.

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 Treaty of London The Anglo-German
The Treaty of London was signed on 19 April
1839. Under the treaty, the European
Naval Race
powers recognized and guaranteed the
Britain's main weakness is her dependence
independence and neutrality of Belgium.
on imports from across the seas. To protect
her trade and defend herself from invasion,
England has historically built and controlled
a huge and powerful navy. To keep power,
the small island nation has traditionally
made sure her navy was at least bigger than
the next two dominant naval powers.
Conclusion
We had to make clear why it was justified for
Britain to go to war in 1914.
Britain had to remain its power over seas
which led to the Anglo-German naval race,
Because of the Treaty of London,
(which Germany broke) Britain had good
reason to declare war on Serbia, Imperialism
and of course the vital oil supplies in Iran.
Left Great Britain no other choice than to
take part in the shocking event.

The second most powerful navy at the time

But then Britain shows up and they obviously was the German High Seas Fleet. By having
aren’t that pleased with Germany invading the second strongest fleet, Germany was
neutral countries. England's greatest potential threat. Their
naval obsession made Britain a little scared
Even though Britain was part of the Triple
Entente, they didn’t want to go to war in
1914. Germany knew that Britain would
defend Belgium under the Treaty of London.
Germany hoped that Britain would ignore
this, so the Germans could pass through
Belgium. But the British government made it
their duty to protect Belgium. Plus,
Belgium’s ports were close to the coast of
Britain and if Germany was in control of
Belgium, that would be a big threat to
Britain.