Second Moroccan Crisis

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The Second Moroccan Crisis was a 1911 international confrontation between Germany and France over influence in Morocco that heightened tensions among the European powers and helped set the stage for World War I.

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Agadir Crisis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic crisis
international crisis
pre–World War I crisis
countryInvolved France
German Empire
Morocco
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
diplomaticSpeech Mansion House speech
diplomaticSpeechBy David Lloyd George NERFINISHED
endDate 1911-11-04
followedBy July Crisis of 1914
hasAlias Second Moroccan Crisis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Agadir Crisis

Panther Affair
hasParticipant David Lloyd George NERFINISHED
Joseph Caillaux
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm II

Raymond Poincaré
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
historicalPeriod early 20th century
involvesMilitaryAsset SMS Berlin
SMS Panther
location Agadir, Atlantic coast of Morocco
mainBelligerent France
German Empire
opposedAlliance Triple Alliance (1882)
surface form: Triple Alliance
partOf causes of World War I
international relations of the Belle Époque
precededBy First Moroccan Crisis
reinforcedAlliance Triple Entente
relatedEvent Algeciras Conference
Bosnian Crisis
result Franco-German Agreement of 4 November 1911
German acceptance of French protectorate over Morocco
German acquisition of territory in the French Congo
heightened tensions preceding World War I
increased Anglo-German tensions
strengthening of the Entente Cordiale
startDate 1911-04-01
tookPlaceIn Agadir NERFINISHED
Fez NERFINISHED
Morocco
topic balance of power in Europe
colonial expansion in Africa
control of Morocco
triggeredBy French military intervention in Fez
German dispatch of the gunboat SMS Panther to Agadir
year 1911

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Wilhelm II, German Emperor associatedWithEvent Second Moroccan Crisis
Second Moroccan Crisis hasAlias Second Moroccan Crisis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Agadir Crisis
Entente Cordiale influencedEvent Second Moroccan Crisis