#15: Jan-March 1914 - The Entente Part 2

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

19th Century, 20th Century, International Relations, Politics, Thirty Years' War, Korean War, 18th Century, First World War, Phd, 17th Century, European History, History, War

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In our second installment of this Entente analysis, we look at the Liman von Sanders crisis.

By late 1913, a new crisis in Russo-German relations centred on the status of General Liman von Sanders, appointed to command the 1st Army Corps at Constantinople. To the Germans, this was a useful way to assert their influence in the Ottoman Empire and rebuild its capabilities after several years of conflict. But to Russia, the appearance of their rival in a theatre earmarked as a sphere of Russian interest seemed akin to a threat.

How would Sergei Sazonov react, and did the resolution of the crisis settle differences, or merely establish resentments and mistrust which reverberated right up to the outbreak of the First World War? Please join us, as we examine this forgotten crisis, assess the growing military power of Russia, its relationship with France, and the possibility that Britain might tie itself more securely to its former rivals. The Entente had come a long way, yet it was far from set in stone...

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1:43.1	However, the signs are increasing that
1:45.1	they are arming ceaselessly and are making preparations in the most manifold areas in order to attack
1:50.8	the Triple Alliance, or preferably even Germany on her own when the time is right, albeit at a time
1:56.7	a few years hence. It cannot be said that this year in particular is inviting Germany's opponents
2:02.4	to attack the Triple Alliance. On the contrary, for the moment, none of the main participants
2:07.1	can really gain anything from bringing about the armed fight. Memorandum of the German Army
2:13.3	18th of May, 1914.
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