1. What constitutes major power status?
Military is a major power status of Serbia. With a strong military force, Serbia appeared to be undefeatable. Another factor is land. In Serbia, it wanted to annex the lands around it to create a “Greater Serbia:. This was to liberate all Serbs from imperial domination. The annexation would allow Serbia to have access to the Adriatic Sea for trade.
2. What were the relative strengths and weaknesses of the powers?
The weaknesses of Serbia included their size of their country. Because of its small size, it was not seen as a threat to other European nations. Serbia also did not have access to the Adriatic Sea and planned on expanding their land but Austria-Hungary always came into the dilemma. Another aspect was that their national seemed radical and inconsistent. Because of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, this caused a secret group to act out against Austria-Hungary.
The strengths of Serbia was mostly their military. After the 2nd Balkan war, Serbia had attained a powerful army. Serbia also had major allies to support their country in fall of war.
The strengths of Serbia was mostly their military. After the 2nd Balkan war, Serbia had attained a powerful army. Serbia also had major allies to support their country in fall of war.
3. By 1914, which of the powers constituted the greater threat to peace, and why?
Serbia and Austria-Hungary served to the greater threat to peace. With surrounding Serbs, Southern Slavs and peasants wanting to break apart from Austria-Hungary to join the nation of Serbia, it performed as a threat to Austria-Hungary to join the nation of Serbia. With its aggressive expansion in growing military, Serbia became a power to be feared and also the greater threat to peace.