The World War I was the first global war which happened in Europe in 1914 to 1918. In this war‚ Germany and Austria-Hungary were defeated by Great Britain‚ France and the United States because of several reasons. The factors which led to the defeat of Germany were poor planning‚ British blockade and entrance of the United States army in the war. Firstly‚ the deficient plans of the both countries‚ Germany and Austria-Hungry‚ led to their defeat. Both countries had their own plans which were the Schlieffen
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Richard Brown First draft of history essay Topic: Is it true to believe that Germany was the sole instigator of the First World War? No topic in the 20th century is more debated about by historians. The causes of the Great War‚ which raged on from 1914 to 1918‚ can be found as far back as the Franco- Prussian war which ended in 1871‚ the political and economic environment of Europe and the web of alliances which divided the empires of Europe into two tense and armed camps. As for Germany’s involvement
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What caused World War 1 In the source it talks about how nationalism was growing in Europe and how nationalism was the overall cause of World War 1 and how it impacted most of the other causes. I agree with nationalism being the main cause of World War 1 because of all the great powers of Europe trying to prove their dominance over each other. Nationalism made all the citizens of their country believe that their country had a better government and military strength than the other countries. This
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reason why it started is because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. This was caused by an ethnic Serbian who had been supported by a nationalist organization in Serbia. The crisis escalated as the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia came to involve Russia‚ Germany‚ France‚ Belgium and Great Britain.
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He was murdered in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia (in Austria-Hungary). He was important to this area‚ so after he was killed‚ a war erupted with Serbia. Thanks to alliances‚ Serbia was set with help from Russia‚ and Germany rushed in to help Austria-Hungary. With other alliances between these four countries‚ soon there was five countries against Austria-Hungary and their ally Germany. Because of the assassination to Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the battle marked
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his wife as he was going to be given the Austria-Hungarian throne‚ where Princip belonged to a group called the Black Hand (formed on 6th September 1901 by the army of Serbia). The main aim of the Black Hand group was to free Serbia from Austria-Hungary. Infact‚ the emperor of Austria was relieved when Franz Ferdinand was killed because he anyways disliked him and he also said “God will not be mocked. A higher power had put back the order I couldn’t maintain.” This event hardly made any impression
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There were numerous aspects that resulted in the decision of having the First World War. However‚ the four main causes were nationalism‚ militarism‚ imperialism and the most powerful nations around the world dividing into two alliances. I strongly believe that the cause that had the most significant effect on the outbreak of the World War was the development of alliances across the world. Nationalism is a feeling of deep loyalty to one’s people and homeland which was very common among people living
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in 1914. There were‚ however‚ many factors that had led toward war. Prominent causes were the imperialistic‚ territorial‚ and economic rivalries that had been intensifying from the late 19th cent.‚ particularly among Germany‚ France‚ Great Britain‚ Russia‚ and Austria-Hungary. Of equal importance was the rampant spirit of nationalism‚ especially unsettling in the empire of Austria-Hungary and perhaps also in France. Nationalism
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product of many‚ many things. Although the war officially began on July 28th‚ 1914‚ it had been building up for a while. The beginning of the war was much like a domino affect. It started when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. On July 29‚ Russia ordered a mobilization only against Austria-Hungary in support of Serbia. The Germans threatened war on July 31 if the Russians did not demobilize. France then mobilized. On August 1‚ Germany declared war on Russia‚ and two days later‚ on France. The
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HIST 1801 - MODERN EUROPE‚ 1900-1945 Tutorial Paper Week 3 - Question 1: Where does AJP Taylor locate the blame for the outbreak of the First World War? Is his argument convincing? The 28th of July 1914 marks the date when Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia‚ the months that ensued saw the chain reaction like declarations of war by many countries ultimately leading to the outbreak of the First World War. Many historians over the years have tried to determine the causes and reasons as to
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