by both Russia and Austria (it was in general under Austrian control). This meant that the Russians and the Austrians would both be eager to enforce their authority over this region. • A desire for independence. Many people in Europe lived in countries that were part of empires. They didn’t all like being ruled by people with different languages and religions and this led to conflicts that could (and did) involve other nations. • The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. He was
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WWl The great war‚ the war to end all wars‚ 20‚000‚000 dead. These were all the nicknames acquired with WWl. 1914 the war officially began due to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian man from a terrorist group labeled as the black hand. The assassination led directly to the first world war because Austria-Hungary decided to declare war‚ triggering action according to a series of international treaties cause more European countries to engage in the war. Although there was three
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quickly due to the countries across Europe being locked into an alliance. The importance of the Alliance system can be reinforced by L.F.C Turner who writes “Bethmann pushed Austria into a premature declaration of war” which suggests that Germany were responsible because they gave Austria a Blank Cheque which was Germany giving Austria permission to attack Serbia stating that they would help aid their attack on Serbia as they wanted the war to happen sooner rather than later. This is because they knew
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Explain the Causes of World War One Introduction In this essay I am going to explain the long term and the short term causes of World War Ones or as others call it the War to end All Wars. I am going to divide my essay in to categories‚(Long term causes and short term causes)‚ and then in each category I will list the causes in order of importance‚(the most important being at the top‚ and the least at the bottom and so on‚ so fourth). I will make it clear all the way through my essay‚ which cause
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and generals during the July Crisis of 1914 caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by Gavrilo Princip‚ an ethnic Serb and Yugoslav nationalist from the group Young Bosnia‚ which was supported by the Black Hand‚ a nationalist organization in Serbia.[1] The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes among the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ Britain‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before
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lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip‚ an irredentist Serb.[1] The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes between the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ the British Empire‚ the Austria-Hungarian Empire and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914 that had left tensions high. In turn these
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form a type of ‘friendship’ where if one country is in trouble‚ the other/others would step in and help. The two main alliances were the Triple Entente‚ which consisted of France‚ Britain and Russia‚ and the Triple Alliance of Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary. The Triple Entente‚ formed in 1907‚ remained strong as ever even when Germany tried to sever their bonds in an argument with France over Morocco. Additionally‚ Russia and Germany signed unofficial secret ‘reassurance treaties’ though it
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that had resulted the war- militarism‚ alliances and imperialism. However the most significantly underlying cause of World War I is through imperialism. Militarism is an important cause of World War I. In 1890‚ the five powers of Europe- Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Great Britain‚ France and Russia- had spent British pounds mostly on armaments. In 1914‚ which is about twenty-four years later‚ the amount of money spent on militarism had drastically increased (Doc C). However‚ out of all those nations
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Did World War I change the world for the better or worse? This World War led to many changes that have affected the nations that were involved even today. See how Imperialism‚ Militarism and Alliances pushed for war. What was the underlying cause of World War I ? The underlying causes of World War I can be found in; Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Alliances. One of the Causes of World War I can be found in Imperialism. Imperialism is the expansion of a country’s power and influence through diplomatic
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Before World War 1‚ the following alliances existed: * Russia and Serbia. * Germany and Austria-Hungary. * France and Russia. * Britain and France and Belgium. * Japan and Britain. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia‚ in which Russia got involved in to defend Serbia. Germany‚ seeing Russia rallying‚ declared war on Russia. France was then drawn in against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany attacked France through Belgium‚ pulling Britain into war. Then Japan entered the
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