were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon‚ a cartoonist‚ was made in August 1914 to show the war between each country. He shows men fighting to represent their
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the 1950’s. Consecutively‚ Albania (1945)‚ Bulgaria (1945)‚ Poland (1947)‚ Romania (1945-47)‚ Hungary (1947)‚ Czechoslovakia (1945-48) and East Germany (1949)‚ fell within the grasp of the USSR through the formation of coalitions‚ discrediting and executing opposing forces until the communist party alone was in power. The plan to take a nation ’slice by slice’ was especially effective in the case of Hungary‚ where the country was invaded by Russians‚ allowed to hold elections‚ where the opposing party
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the Austro-Hungary heir) and his wife on the 28th of June 1914 started a chain of events which were to be disastrous. A month later on the 28th on July 1914‚ Austria-Hungary waged war and invaded Serbia. Russia then came to support Serbia and Germany invaded Belgium while heading to France. Britain then waged war on Germany. The two sides created the Allied powers with Britain‚ France and Russia‚ and the Central powers with Austria-Hungary and Germany. As the war went on‚ more
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awareness and give a useful and lifelong experience. The European Union expanded the borders in Europe‚ so nowadays it is much easier to spend a few months or even a year in a foreign university. The most popular study abroad programme in Hungary is ERASMUS. Between 1998 and 2008 more than 25‚000 undergraduates had been studied in a foreign university from the 63 Hungarian universities. Although the study-abroad programme has bigger popularity in the celebrated institutions‚ almost every university
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World War 1 which was also known to many as the Great War seems to in many ways challenge its explanation of why it happened. What caused the war? Who was responsible? Many authors of books and articles that are written about the expositions of the First World War will be found to most frequently question the causations’ and influences’ in their writings. One of the many speculated causations which have been argued was that of the set up for alliance-systems’. It could be argued that the out
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something‚ you have to lose something. Every war has causes to start. Different wars‚ different causes. World War I was a conflict between the Allied Powers (France‚ Russia‚ Serbia‚ Great Britain and Italy) and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ and the Ottoman Empire). (Document#3) Austria sent Serbia an ultimatum to stop all anti-Austrian activity. And then World War I began because of M.A.I.N. M.A.I.N. stands for militarism‚ alliance system‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. One
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What caused the First World War? Historians have many theories about how the First World War started‚ although most believe that there were three fuses and one spark! The first world war broke out in 1914 and involved mainly Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ France and Britain. Most of the causes were long-term‚ such as the rivalry of the European countries‚ however there was one short term cause which triggered the start of the chaos that was the First World War. The first fuse was that of empires
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the Austria-Hungary Empire. Guarilo Principe shot Francis Ferdinand because he didn’t want to be under their control any longer. Then‚ of course‚ the other countries went to war not only because of the allied agreements but because they did not like the countries they were up against. In this war‚ there were two types of nationalism: there was the type where countries did what they did for their own self-interest. The other type was that some of these countries‚ such as Austria-Hungary‚ had so many
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Before the events of world war one the main European powers had made a series of alliances. The Triple alliance included Germany‚ Austria Hungary‚ Italy(later switching sides once the war starts) and the Ottoman empire. The Triple Entente included Britain‚ France‚ and Russia (1914-1917). These Alliances stated that in the event that one nation would be under attack‚ the other nation would aid them. These alliances systems set the groundwork for the events that would follow effectively dragging all
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Miguel Raymond European History Essay Final Exam Was Germany to blame for World War 1? Germany was in fact to blame for World War 1. Although there were other countries that were partially to blame for there actions. But it was clear that they played the minor role and Germany played the major one. In 1904 there was a rivalry between nations that increased to a certain extent that caused armies to expand. Certain nations also tried to build alliances. Germany was an imperialistic country
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