Why did Germany drag second-rate Ottoman Turkey into World War I?

Germany did not choose the Ottoman Turkish Empire as an ally at that time, but because the interests of Germany and Ottoman Turkey were deeply tied together under the geopolitical conditions at that time. Because of the wrong diplomatic strategy, Germany has no friends on the European continent and has to rely on its weak brother Turkey. The international environment of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was the number one power at that time. The long-term foreign strategy pursued by the British Empire is to maintain the balance of power on the mainland, that is, the so-called "Westphalia system" to prevent an exclusive hegemon from appearing in Europe or East Asia. At the same time, Britain must maintain its absolute superiority at sea and never allow other countries to challenge its international hegemony. Pa Max Don, the pre-Victorian Prime Minister, said, "It depends on Britain's economic and military strength to maintain its position as an arbitrator in Europe and then as an arbitrator in the world. Moreover, the British Empire has no eternal friends, only eternal interests. " With the decline of British power after entering the 20th century, the international pattern at the beginning of the 20th century has already been undercurrent. But in the whole19th century, Britain is a well-deserved world hegemon, just like the lion on the African grassland. Although it is old, its afterglow still exists. Although other countries have planned countless rebel plans in their minds, they dare not face the British Empire directly. However, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. No one expected that it was not its little nephew, the United States, who was first trained by himself, but the young Prussian Germany who had just completed reunification. Speaking of the Prussian Empire, the Prussian Empire, Germany is actually the product of the British domestic balance policy. In order to balance France, the overlord of the European continent at that time, and Russia, which suffered from territorial hunger and thirst, the British needed a reliable thug in the European continent, but no one expected that it would actually lift a rock and drop it on its own feet, creating this terrible opponent who provoked two world wars. Germany, located in the middle of Europe, is the last rising industrial power in Europe. Germany, born with the support of Britain, just caught up with the second industrial revolution. With the development of power technology, Germany has surpassed this curve. After the unification of 187 1, Germany's output of major industrial products surpassed that of Britain in just 30 years, becoming the second largest capitalist power after the United States. In addition, compared with France and Britain, which rose in the first industrial revolution, Germany leads the way in the emerging chemical and electrical industries. Grass snake grey line, stretching thousands of miles. Germany's military reform and innovation also laid a good military foundation for subsequent wars. Prussian Army Germany, through the military reform at the beginning of 19 century, established the general staff system of the army brain and the war mobilization system of the whole people, realized the command of colleges and universities and the armed forces of the whole people, and established an army system with Prussian regular army as the core and three soldiers on standby for reserve and civilian military service. How powerful is innovation, innovation and impostor. Relying on this unique military system, the Germans defeated the French army with a scale of up to 400,000 and experience in the Crimean War and the Mexican War in the Prussian War. This battle is also over. Who is the largest military force in Europe? Germany, which was once in the limelight in the military and economy, was very dissatisfied with the international economic and political system at that time. When the old colonial powers are busy grabbing territory all over the world, they are still fighting to the death. After reunification and the beginning of the second industrial revolution, the world has been divided up. Germany has no muscles but no place to show it. With Bismarck, the bloody prime minister, retiring from politics and Kaiser Wilhelm II taking power, radical adventurism took root in German politics, which was bound to conflict with Britain, the world hegemon at that time. Gradually, the contradiction between Britain and Russia was gradually replaced by the contradiction between Britain and Germany, which became the main theme of the world pattern at that time. Ottoman Turkish Empire The territorial changes of Ottoman Turkish Empire. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although Ottoman Turkey had lagged behind the tide of western development at that time, it had an excellent geographical position in the Middle East with the land laid by its ancestors, and Germany, a frustrated person, naturally became close to this declining empire nearby. When Germany challenged British hegemony, it was directly put in place without any temptation. By trying to build a railway, the contradiction with Britain was completely intensified. From 65438 to 1980s, the rapid development of German industrialization led to a rapid increase in the demand for metals, minerals, energy and food. The Ottoman Empire has a vast territory and is located in the Middle East. It has natural resources such as lead, zinc, coal, oil and copper that are urgently needed by modern industry. Therefore, Germany plans to export infrastructure construction to the backward Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, strengthen tripartite ties, take what they need, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. Think carefully, is this plan a bit familiar in today's international community? 3B Railway The center of this plan is the 3B railway that Germany intends to build, which starts from Berlin, passes through Byzantium and finally reaches Baghdad. Because all three places have the letter B, they are called 3B. Because the Ottoman Turkish Empire is weak, it is often bullied by European countries in turn, so it is naturally impossible for Germany with challenger status to win over the beneficiaries of the existing system. It is the only way to win over exhausted empires such as Turkey and Austria-Hungary as allies. The friendly relations between Turkey and Germany have since laid the foundation, and Turkish immigrants will become the largest immigrant race in Germany in the future. At the 20 18 Football World Cup, we also saw that Ozil, a player of Turkish origin, caused a sensation in Germany because he took a photo with Turkish President Erdogan. 1908, the British exploration team found an amazing amount of oil in Iran, which also added a fire to this old and new dispute. The Middle East is no longer a barren land of yellow sand, but a godsend where black gold is buried. Unfortunately, Britain has never set its eyes on this unprofitable wasteland before, so there are not many European countries involved here. Oil, the blood of this industry, will set off the first wave. When the sun did not set, politicians in the British Empire thought that the area controlled by the 3B Railway happened to be the traffic lifeline between Britain and India and the oil-producing area in the Middle East. Once the railway is completed, the oil resources in the Middle East will fall into the pocket of the Germans. The more powerful Germany still occupies the lifeblood of Britain, and the collapse of the empire is entirely between Germans and Turks. Britain realized that the previous balance of power on the mainland was on the verge of collapse and had to find strategic allies in Europe. In order to suppress Germany, it had to abandon its detached isolation policy and form an alliance with its traditional rivals France and Russia. Courage In World War I, I don't know whether Fish Leong gave Germans the courage to face the three western hegemons at that time-Britain, France and Russia. Neither unite Lian Heng nor break them one by one. Germany directly brought its second-rate allies and these three big countries to work, and everyone will know the following story. Germany, which failed in World War I, resolutely started World War II because of the pain of World War I. Similarly, Italy, the fifth loser in World War II, and Japan and Germany, which dragged the United States, the number one industrial power, into the battlefield of World War II, also suffered the same fiasco. How important diplomacy is. Allies, how incompetent.