The Germans planned to invade France first because they believed they could conquer France before Russia could mobilize, thereby avoiding a two-front war Italian unification occurred because of efforts on the part of Piedmontese and Garibaldian troops The new imperialism was motivated by all of the following except the desire to help build colonies in nation-building Karl Marx argued that the ...
Control of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits was a strategic objective in both World War I and World War II because these straits provide access from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
