The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 (133 page)

Franz Joseph’s dislike of
206
,
213
,
214

funeral
493
,
518
–19

heir presumptive to the throne
206
,
212
,
213
,
383

and Jews
234

marriage
213
–14

memorial service
525

opposes war against Serbia
xxvii
,
454
,
460
,
467

responsibilities
214

seeks German support
456
,
457

and Transylvania
386

at Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
26

wants Conrad’s warmongering curbed
402
–3

Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria
217
,
248
,
256
,
406
,
437
,
444
,
452
,
521
,
542
,
602
, P1.
5

appearance
204

appoints Conrad and Aehrenthal
383

bellicose letter to Wilhelm
522

and breaking off relations with Serbia
539

character
205

death
601

decision for peace (December 1912)
458

dislike of Franz Ferdinand
206
,
212
,
213

and Duchess Sophie
386
–87

education
204

failing health
208

and Ferdinand
388

and Franz Ferdinand’s death
518

lives in grandeur
204
–5

love of the military
205

marriage
206

plot to assassinate him
440

power of
169
,
202

as a Prussian soldier
333
–34

seizure of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1908)
379
,
397

strict and spartan routine
205
–6,
208

titles
203

and the ultimatum to Serbia
536

Frederick the Great
xxvi
,
2
,
48
,
52
,
58
,
59
,
60
,
61
,
91
,
195
,
298
,
304
,
429
,
430

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
429
,
430

Frederick William I, King of Prussia
429

Fredericksburg, Battle of (1862)
306

Freemasons
213
,
224
,
244
,
262
,
346
,
439
,
449
,
475

Freiburg
513

French army

and Bergson’s ideas
239

cavalry school
138

and compulsory military service
544

conformity rewarded and talent passed over
144

conscription
262
,
481

decrease in applicants for the officer corps
144

Dreyfus affair
141
,
142
,
143
,
262
,
309
,
331
,
359

education
144

Franco-Prussian War
6

German view of
330
–31

heavy field artillery
351
,
528

Jaurès’ ideas rejected
289

leadership
345

losses
595
,
596
–97

mobilisation
583

morale and prestige damaged
144

new tactical regulations (1913)
347

promotions
144

reforms
263
,
345

talks with British army
371
,
375
,
426
,
428
,
500
,
554

training
346
,
528

uniforms
346

French Congo
414
,
421
,
424
,
426
,
428

French empire
131
,
135
,
157
,
414
–15

French Foreign Legion
400

French Indochina
5
,
135

French national police
348

French navy
94
,
113

and co-operation with Royal Navy
364

fleet visits Kronstadt
148

talks with Royal Navy
371

French Revolution (1789–99)
5
,
7
,
140
,
167
,
183
,
220
,
233
–34,
250
,
261
,
274
,
277
,
289
,
294
,
316

French Socialist Party
289

Freud, Sigmund
20

Civilization and Its Discontents
210

The Interpretation of Dreams
20

Freytag-Loringhoven, Hugo von
309

Friedjung, Dr Heinrich
399
,
404

Friedrich Wilhelm (Frederick III), Kaiser
65
–66,
86
,
115
,
190

Futurists
247

G

Galicia
201
,
210
,
216
,
302
,
343
,
455
,
492

Gambetta, Léon
149

Gambia
156
,
157

Gandhi, Mahatma
597

Gardiner, Alfred
109
–10

Garvin, J.L.: ‘The German Peril’ (published anonymously)
121
–22

Gascoyne-Cecil, Lady Gwendolen
30

George, Stefan
237

George III, King
31

George V, King (1865–1936)
85
,
542

Albert I asks for help
587

appearance
171
,
487

character
487

coronation
423

education
170

and Franz Ferdinand’s assassination
543

and imminent war
544

naval career
169

in Paris
501
–2

at wedding of Kaiser’s daughter
469
,
471

on Wilhelm II
71

Georgia
380

Georgia Island
596

Gérard, Henry
289

German army
13
,
89
,
121
,
257
,
262
,
315
,
595

budget
291

Chamberlain’s ‘insult’
48

conscription
259
,
261

dominated by Junker families
69

drill and field manoeuvres
329
–30

First Army
328

general staff
299
–300

‘harvest leave’
529
–30

invasion of Belgium (1914)
300
,
302
–3,
313
,
329
,
336

Landsturm
321

losses at Ypres
595

mobilisation
321
–22,
338
,
575
,
578

pessimism of officer corps
234

poor physical condition of recruits
243

Railway Section
299

and the Reichstag
263

and Schlieffen Plan
322

Second Army
328

size of
285
,
296
,
322
,
430
,
478
,
480
,
482

training
67

transport
299

Voigt’s exploit
263

Zabern incident
229

German Confederation
204

German Conservative Party (DKP)
98

German embassy, Paris
591

German Empire
xx
,
82

German navy
191
,
498
,
579

able to concentrate its fleet
93

blue-water fleet
87
,
129

China squadron
76

‘danger zone’
94
–95,
98
,
118

East Asian Squadron
90

Fisher’s suggestion
119

fleet doubled
98

fleet manoeuvres
70

High Seas Fleet
117

mobilisation
457

Naval Command
91

naval spending
117
,
118
,
119
,
121
,
122
,
322
,
416

protective role
87

and Schlieffen Plan
322

ships of the line (capital ships)
96
,
98

submarine warfare
88
,
373

Wilhelm on
126

German South-West Africa
260
,
286

German Wars of Unification
250
,
255
,
265
,
287
,
295

Germany

alliance with Austria-Hungary (1879)
221
,
394
,
466

ambition as a rising nation
xxi

attacks France
xxiv

attitude to Russia
xxvii

birth rate
81
,
244
–45

‘blank cheque’ issued
523
,
527
,
529
,
545

breaks off relations with Russia
580

Budget
68
,
118

Bundesrat
68

colony acquisition
81
,
91
,
115
,
129
,
421
,
423

competes with Britain
34
,
59
,
129

constitution
68
,
69
,
71
,
72
,
89
,
130
,
264

defence spending
502

demand for a place in the sun
55
,
80
,
81
,
91
,
97
,
252
,
471
,
546

Dreikaiserbund
137

economy
13
,
52
,
55
,
223
,
254
,
257
,
315
,
315
,
318

education
53
,
73
–74

election of 1907
286

encirclement issue
199
,
312
,
314
,
315
,
326
,
356
,
392
,
394
,
412
,
429
,
477
,
523
,
525
,
546