Summary of European History From 1815 to 1914 e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The berlin-bagdad railway was a. Plan of the Kaiser's to secure control of Asia Minor. He obtained permission from Turkey to construct it in 1902-1903, the plan being to unite Bagdad with. Constantinople and thence with Ger many. Had the plan been carried out fully, it would have threatened India and given Germany immense power in Asia Minor. Next lie - interfered with, the French control of Morocco. After Russia, the ally of France, was defeated by Japan, the Kaiser forced France to dismiss Delcasse, her able minister of foreign affairs, and to submit her claim to Morocco to a European Congress held at. Algeciras, Spain, in 1906. This Congress, however, sustained the posi tion.of France there.