heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Serbia became the most powerfully Balkan State‚ and felt confident enough to threaten Austria. The Serbian prime minister said: ‘the first round is won; now for the second round- against Austria’. Austria decided that Serbia would have to be dealt with. By 1914 it was looking for good excuse to crush Serbia. The opportunity came with the assassination of the archduke. Austria blamed Serbia. They wanted to crush Serbia‚ but they needed support‚ because they
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that WWI caused a really big disaster‚ especially for country which was participant. But there are similarities and differences how it did effect. On different countries in the same way war had different influence. The example for that is Germany and Serbia. Politic War had the most influence on politic in Germany. The German Empire--often called the Second Reich to distinguish it from the First Reich‚ established by Charlemagne in 800--was based on two compromises. First agreement was between the
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were right and that their military would win any conflict. Arguably‚ nationalism led to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the trigger cause of World War One. Serbia had had sour relations with Austria-Hungary since the beginning of the 20th century. Serbia was part of the Austria-Hungary empire but in around 1904‚ Serbia wanted to expand so it decided to break free
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causes for it. One of them is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ which is in part‚ what made the First World War occur. At that time‚ Austria-Hungary was waiting for a reason to attack Serbia‚ but without a reason‚ Germany‚ which is an ally of Austria-Hungary‚ wouldn’t have follow them into attacking Serbia. Austria-Hungary was already waiting for revenge for a long time; they wanted their old land back‚ which the Serbian had taken from them a long time ago. When Franz Ferdinand got killed by
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they were fighting a war of defense. If Germany had caused the war the other countries would have only fought defensively. Furthermore‚ Germany only declared war due to the alliance system. Besides‚ Russia had already mobilized an army to support Serbia‚ then‚ Germany declared war on them. Secondly‚ imperial rivalry was one of the main causes of the Great War. As the origins of the
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to World War One (WWI). In the treaty of Versailles‚ Germany was forced to take full blame for causing the war. Although Germany played a large role in encouraging Austria-Hungary’s initial actions‚ Serbia and Austria-Hungary bore the biggest responsibility for initiating the conflicts to come. Serbia deserved the greatest blame for the outbreak of WWI. Their backing of the Black Hand terrorists was very reckless. Austria-Hungary was only a little less responsible based on it’s over-reaction to the
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nations alive. But what happens when the people advocating Nationalism are trapped within a nation in which they do not desire to be? The Pan-Slavic movement in Eastern Europe in the early 20th Century created a tension between Austria-Hungary and Serbia that culminated in WWI. This tension was caused by the threat Pan-Slavism posed on Austria-Hungary due to its high Slavic population and its recent annexation of Bosnia Herzegovina. Another tension-builder was that Russia‚ a Slavic nation and a super-power
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World War the war that changed the world as we know it‚ the making and breaking of alliances which all contributed to the war that spread through countries throughout Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ North America‚ South America and even Australia. Since Europe and North America‚ both had an improvement on their technology they already had the upper hand. However‚ Europe had a vast amount of colonization throughout Africa‚ Australia‚ that along with their alliances throughout Europe. The main alliances being
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The causes of the world war were 4; the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Arms Race‚ Alliances and the Empire. I think that the most important cause is the Alliances‚ because if other countries didn’t start coming into Austria-Hungary’s war with Serbia‚ it wouldn’t have turned into a major war. The first link is from Box 3: ‘Countries wanted a big empire because they gave countries more power‚ money and prestige’‚ to Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’.
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nationalism was the most important factor leading to World War I as it increased tensions among Serbia and Austria-Hungary resulting in the direct cause of World War I. The Balkan crisis’s in 1908 and 1912-13 involving the annexing of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary. Serbia wanted to expand into the Adriatic Sea as a result of the second Balkan crisis but was denied by Austria-Hungary. Serbia was supported by Russia who however was forced to back down by Germany. Also‚ as a result of the
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