Motivation+for+Country's+Aims

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 * Explain the motivation for each aim.
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/1290716216/johith123-lg.jpg width="48" height="48" caption="johith123" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/johith123"]] || **Austria's Aim to crush the rebellious Slavs:**

The Slavic people (Russians and Serbians) were trying to gain their independence that was led by the Pan-Slavism movement. The Austrians saw this as a rebellion against them, since Slavs lived partly in Austria-Hungary.

|| Italy signed the Treaty of London secretly with Britain and France. Italy would get some sections of territory near the Adriatic Sea region. In return, they would have to get military success against Austria on the other side of the Adriatic Sea, so that the Central Powers would be further split apart and thus their power on the Western and Eastern Fronts would be weakened.
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/1290716216/johith123-lg.jpg width="48" height="48" caption="johith123" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/johith123"]] || **Italy's Aim to land on the other side of the Adriatic Sea**

|| Germany used lots of war machines and had many costs due to the war. They needed lots of money and with a direct route to Baghdad, they could get lots of oil, since Iraq has lots of it. Thus, they would be able to run their war machines, like tanks, and have money to fund their fights.
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/1290716216/johith123-lg.jpg width="48" height="48" caption="johith123" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/johith123"]] || **Germany's Aim to claim the Berlin to Baghdad Railway**

|| Russia wanted to get ports surrounding the Mediterranean Sea because that would affect the trade and naval power of countries, like Britain (Britain and France defeated Russia in the Crimean War). If Russia got those ports, British trade and naval strength would diminish in that area. ||
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/1290716216/johith123-lg.jpg width="48" height="48" caption="johith123" link="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/johith123"]] || **Russia's Aim to get Ports on the Mediterranean**