German+foreign+policy+aims+(1870-1914)

**__Foreign policy aims of Germany between 1870-1914 __**  **Foreign Policy Aims of Germany under __Bismarck__ ** 
 * __Aims __**
 * Not interested in colonies (territory expansion)
 * Alliance with Great Britain
 * Great Britain - biggest and most powerful navy in Europe
 * Balance of Power
 * Balance power in Europe by **allying with monarchical states**, such as Austria, England or Russia
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Keep France from becoming strong enough **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to take revenge for the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) defeat and to take back Alsace-Lorraine
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Keep France from allying with monarchical states
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stability
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Keep peace with Russia and Austria
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">League of the Three Emperors
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level4 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 2.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If war breaks out between Russia and Austria, Germany would have to be involved
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Dual Alliance
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level4 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 2.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Alliance between Germany and Austria
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Reinsurance Treaty
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level4 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 2.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Secret alliance between Germany and Russia
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bismarck basically allied Germany with the top powers in Europe to hold Germany’s powerful position in Europe and to make sure that France would be isolated from the top powers of Europe (so France won’t have a powerful ally to rely on when they take revenge on Germany for the Franco-Prussian War)

**<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Foreign Policy Aims of Germany under __Wilhelm II__ **
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Different from Bismarck - Germany needs its “place in the sun “
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Expand territory - colonies
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In order to do so (get colonies), Germany needed its own navy
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 2.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Break alliance with the British
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 2.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wilhelm hungry for big German navy


 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level5 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 2.5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wilhelm’s eagerness to build powerful navy led to rivalry against the British (naval arms race)
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Become more influential among its European neighbors and to amass a colonial empire”
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One of the causes of Germany participating in the Great War
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Globally increase Germany’s power and wealth

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">By Jina Nam, David Brown, Marta Dziedzic and Ania Jedrzejczyk