Krislynn Ghrist Per.5 The causes of world war one‚ which began in central Europe in July 1914‚ included many intertwined factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. However‚ the immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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The origins of World War One The Fritz Fisher thesis Fritz Fisher focuses on the Kaiser‚ Gottlieb von Jagow‚ Bethmann Hollweg and Helmut von Moltke. These four were the German leading figures at that time; Fischer is convinced that these people were responsible for the outbreak of World War One. Fischer’s three main claims were: 1. Germany was prepared to launch the First World War in order to become a great power. 2. Germany encouraged Austria-Hungary to start a war with Serbia‚ and continued
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World War One was a war that consisted of many casualties. In trench warfare‚ not all the casualties were from the opposing trench‚ they came from your own in the form of diseases and infections. These could travel via the water at the bottom of the trench‚ in seems of clothing‚ in the soldiers hair‚ or by animals that lived in the trenches along side the soldiers. The trenches were a very unsanitary place. So unsanitary everything is cleaned once a day and things are still able to be distributed
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The Causes of World War One In this module you will learn: 1. FOUR new words 2. SIX factors which underlay the outbreak of the First World War [ANIMAL] 3. TWO rival alliances 4. SEVEN countries 5. EIGHT crises which preceded the war [BiG FaT BABA] 6. The story of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 7. FOUR steps by which the murder of Franz Ferdinand led to the outbreak war [ARSE]‚ including. 8. THIRTEEN key dates in the ‘slide to war’. You must do the following written work:
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The First World War began as a test of strength among the might nations of Europe. World War One‚ also known as the Great War‚ was different from all wars that had ever been experienced. It was so different from all the other wars because there were new technologies used (such as the machine gun)‚ poison gases and trench warfare. Thousands of men were killed from attacks‚ others died from fatal wounds or diseases‚ thousands others were never found again‚ presumed dead or taken prisoner. (See Appendix
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Warfare of World War 1 Contents Page 2: Introduction Page 3: Why did WW1 start? Page 4: Alliances‚ The Schlieffen Plan and why it went wrong Pages 5-9: Trench warfare Pages 10-11: Weapons Pages 12-14: Changes in WW1 Page 14-15: Battles on the Sea and in the Sky Page 16: Russia joining and U.S leaving Page 17: Conclusion and sources Introduction I decided to do my project on the warfare of World War 1 because I thought it would be interesting to research about how the war was fought
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also known as World War 1 was a massive war that included many of the major powers of the world at the time. It is also the first time that the United States was seen as a major world power. It had more deaths than any other war up to this point and spanned from 1914 to 1918. The tension started with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. This angered a lot of countries in the Balkans that had alliances. The Austria-Hungary leadership was angry with Serbia and began a war. This brought
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in that lead to the war. Everything seemed to be peaceful in Europe but the spread of nationalism and it impacted in the Balkans the most. Several forces were properly prepared for putting Europe into this “Great War”. Other countries were increasing their expenditures on armaments‚ and forming alliance systems. The immediate cause of the first world all started in Austria-Hungary and their negligence to let Serbia get back some of their territories. The main causes of World War 1 were Militarism‚
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They did it by exploiting the differences in the empire. They obtained the province of Bengal. Spanish American War- 1898- By late 1800 Spanish empire was on last leg. The Spanish empire was weak and they held territory that the U.S. wanted. the people of Cuba rose up because they wanted their independence and rebelled against the Spanish and the Spanish responded brutally. They rounded up Cuban rebels and their families and forced them into camps. 200‚000 died. This campaign was marked by brutality
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World War One or The Great War’ as it became known‚ occurred due to many causes‚ some of which still remain unexposed today. The obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. The assassination occurred during the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was targeted due to the general feeling amongst Serbians that‚ once appointed to the throne
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