Why did a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia become a European war in 1914? On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb student. The assassination sparked little initial concern in Europe. The Archduke himself was not terribly popular‚ least of all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While there were riots in Sarajevo following the Archduke’s death these were largely aimed at the
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1. Where were the three European fronts in the war? The western front of the war was mostly fought in Belgium‚ France‚ and Alsace-Lorraine. The Russian front was mostly in Germany. The Balkan front was mostly fought in Serbia and Austria. 2. Briefly describe what happened on each of these three fronts. On the western front‚ defensive weapons were shown to be better than offensive. there were millions of deaths because the traditional war tactics were catastrophically deadly mixed with the new
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Drones or Die On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United States military used a massive‚ atomic weapon against Hiroshima‚ Japan. This atomic bomb‚ the equivalent of 20‚000 tons of dynamite‚ flattened the city‚ killing tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to get a grasp of this devastation‚ three days later‚ the United States struck again‚ this time‚ on Nagasaki. Within the first two to four months of the bombings‚ the immediate effects killed 90‚000–166‚000 people in Hiroshima and 60
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dramatically fewer painful episodes than those who received placebos. Firstly‚ among the 299 adults studied at 21 clinics‚ 152 patients that were administered hydroxyurea therapy had lower annual rates of crises than the 147 patients given placebo. Patients who were administered hydroxyurea had 2.5 crises per year compared to patients administered placebos with
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WBSO GLOBALIZATION AND STATE-BUILDING NIKOLA LAKIĆ Is globalization a challenge or a threat to nation-states as a dominant form of polity? WESTERN BALKANS SECURITY OBSERVER Nikola Lakić1 1 BAMERC - Balkan and Middle East regional Cooperation Scientific article August 2011 UDK: 321.8 ; 316.334.2/.3 Abstract Contact: nl023@yahoo.com A true Nation-state has never yet existed in our diverse and vibrant world. For states to remain in the game‚ they need to understand they are no longer the only
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The Balkans‚ a region between the Mediterranean and Black sea was and is inhabited by many nations with various religions. This fact resulted often in unrests. To make peace in this area‚ it was necessary to unite the nations and to place a strong personality on the head. The Second World War helped by a considerable measure to the choice of such a personality. I would like to concentrate my attention to the West Balkans where Yugoslavia might be an excellent example. It is a former federation
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environmental cuts largely. As reported by am NewYork‚ these proposed EPA cuts‚ which total $2.6 billion or 31 percent‚ include staff reductions and program eliminations‚ which may make the city’s drinking water and air quality vulnerable to pollution.” (Balkan 2015) These budget cuts will have a tremendous impact on New York City‚ and‚ of course‚ that includes my neighborhood. For this reason‚ I believe we need to work together as a neighborhood. I interviewed the storeowners on my block. One of them
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Byzantine is located in the Balkan’s‚ from lower Greece to the Danube‚ to Asia Minor‚ which is modern day Turkey‚ Syria‚ Iraq‚ Jordan‚ Egypt‚ North Africa‚ and Iran. Due to this position it was nearly always at war with its neighbors‚ the terrain in the Balkans was rough mountainous and filled with forests‚ making defense easier. Byzantine Emperors would have to carefully use diplomacy to avoid being
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1/ Types and risk categories of crises. We can divide major crises into a number of general categories: Economic crises: strikes‚ market crash‚ major decline in stock price or decline of profit. Informational crises: loss of confidential information‚ tampering with computer records‚ loss of computer information with regard to customers and suppliers. Physical crises: loss of key equipment‚ breakdowns of key equipment or plants. Human resource crises: loss of key executives or key personnel
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The Long Fuse In Laurence Lafore’s book titled The Long Fuse he discusses the conflicts of World War I and describes how Austria-Hungary was considered to be the "Second Sick Man of Europe". During a time when Europe seemed to be moving faster towards progressive ideas and towards the sweeping away of old institutes‚ Turkey was the original Sick Man of Europe‚ mostly caused constitutional and national problems. The European order was based upon the assumption of nations in 1871‚ a kind of mutual
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