The Moroccan Crises and Colonial Rivalry

Portrait of Wilhelm HohenzollernColonial Rivalry as a Cause of World War One 
Tension between Germany and Russia (over the issue of Bosnia) and between Germany and Britain (over the Naval Race) was compounded by tension between Germany and France over Morocco and Alsace-Lorraine.

This forms part of the newly updated ActiveHistory scheme of work on the Origins of World War One.