Water and Empire - Germany, Bavaria and the Danube in World War I

Water and Empire uses canal construction and river regulation on the Danube to study the development of German imperial ambitions in South East Europe. Pre-war Bavarian plans to link the Danube with the Main were refashioned after the conquest of Serbia, becoming a plan to link the Black Sea and the...

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Published in:First World War studies 2012-03, Vol.3 (1), p.65-85
Main Author: Hamlin, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Balkans
Bavaria
Danube
Mitteleuropa
Waterways
World War I
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Summary:Water and Empire uses canal construction and river regulation on the Danube to study the development of German imperial ambitions in South East Europe. Pre-war Bavarian plans to link the Danube with the Main were refashioned after the conquest of Serbia, becoming a plan to link the Black Sea and the Rhine and making the whole course accessible to large river shipping. The substantial costs associated with this plan and the regional advantages it would engender for Bavaria created resistance in the Reich and in Austria-Hungary, demonstrating some of the limits of the Mitteleuropa project.
ISSN:1947-5020
1947-5039
DOI:10.1080/19475020.2012.652445