Identifier: thegreatwar04alle (find matches)
Title: The Great war
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Allen, George Henry, 1876- Whitehead, Henry C., 1873- Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 McAndrew, James William, 1862-1922 Wiley, Edwin, 1872-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Barrie's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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n frontier. As soon as it was clear that Germanyhad missed the supreme decision in Russia, she launched anew movement in the south, where a somewhat longerseason of active operations could be expected. A number of important motives led Germany to undertakethe definite elimination of Serbia at this time. The prestigeof the Teutonic alliance was at stake, and now the adhesionof Bulgaria, which was conditional upon the participation ofthe Central Powers in a vigorous attack on Serbia, w^ouldmake the subjugation of the little state a comparatively easymatter. The drastic chastisement of Austria-Hungarysoriginal opponent would serve as an impressive warningto curb the hostile tendencies in Roumania and Greece.More important still, the removal of the only barrier be-tween the Central Powers and Turkey would put at end tothe chronic danger of an ammunition famine at the Darda-nelles, which had become acute since Roumania refused topermit the transit of military supplies across her territory.
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The Welter in the Balkans 173 In spite of boastful expressions of indifference to thecontinual increase in strength of the Allied forces in theWest, the German leaders probably regarded with anxietythe eventual possibility of being overwhelmingly outnum-bered and overpowered in that quarter. They trusted thata successful diversion could be effected and the danger inthe West forestalled by this undertaking, which would con-solidate the Teutonic Alliance in the Near East, securelyblockade the Franco-British armies in the Gallipoli Penin-sula, fill England with terror for the safety of the Suez Canaland Egypt, and thrill the hearts of the German peoplewith irrepressible enthusiasm. With these and other mo-tives Germany embarked upon an enterprise through whichher splendid dream of an empire from the North Sea to thePersian Gulf was practically realized, for the time at least. Internationally, as we have seen, the political and com-mercial significance of Serbia was mainly due to her posi

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