with each other. For example‚ Germany had an alliance with Austria-Hungary who could have had other alliances with different countries who Germany didn’t associate with or who they had issues with. The war actually started with Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand being assassinated by Serbia but because of all the alliances‚ everyone had a different point of view on who started everything. Majority of the people except Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Serbia thought Germany was the one who started
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up to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and the start of this war. Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austrian throne‚ and his wife were murdered in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip who was a member of the “Black Hand”‚ which is a Serbian nationalist group. This assassination was not taken lightly but the Austrian leader did not want to declare war‚ but the government decided that if Serbia wouldn’t agree to some terms they would have no choice but to fight. So when Austria declared war on Serbia (July
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starting in 1879. It was thought the alliances would promote peace. Each country would be protected by others in case of war‚ making it foolish for one country to wage war on another. No one wanted to be invaded by Russia‚ stop Italy from attacking Austria-Hungary and so on! No one trusted anyone else over there! They each wanted to make sure that they would be able to guide the military in the event of a war - plans where nothing would be left to chance. It helped start the war‚ as when you got into
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World War I initially started because of the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. He was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. The U.S got involved in World War I as a result in economic trade binding America to the Allies (Brower). World War I or as many people like to call it The Great War was from 1914 all the way to 1919. It was one of the most brutal and destructive wars in European history. “Of the 65 million men‚ who were mobilized‚ more than 10 million
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of the alliance system‚ the Morocco Crisis‚ the Balkan Crisis‚ the naval races and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. In the 20th century there was colossal amount of hatred‚ distrust and rivalry between the European nations. In 1914‚ the whole of Europe was very unstable. Britain and France were worried that Germany would attempt to seize parts of their empires‚ Russia was worried Austria would invade Serbia‚ the Turks wanted to strengthen their empire and so on. Nobody wanted or expected a
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and military power around the world. Central to the international causes for war was the series of European alliances that vaulted nations into war in the event that an ally was attacked. The Dual Alliance was formed in 1879 between Germany and Austria‚ with Italy joining in 1882. France allied with Russia in 1894‚ effectively trapping Germany between two imposing powers twenty years before the outbreak of war. The Entente was formed in 1904 when Britain allied with France‚ and it soon became the
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The Great War World War 1 was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the royal prince of Austro-Hungarian. This pinned the Central powers(Germany‚ Austro-Hungarian and‚ The Ottoman Empire) against the Allied powers(Russia‚Great Britain‚ France‚ and Serbia). Many countries around the world blamed Serbian government for the attack of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Serbian government funded the weapons for the assassination of a royal. Despite the assassination
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World War I broke out in 1914. It would claim the lives of 37 million people and destroy 4 empires‚ the Austro-Hungarian‚ German‚ Ottoman and the Russian. Two major alliances dominated Europe prior the outbreak of war‚ Britain‚ France and Russia formed the Triple Entente whilst Germany‚ Austro-Hungary and Italy the Triple Alliance. When war came about in 1914 America‚ Romania‚ Japan and later on Italy all sided with the Entente‚ whilst Turkey and Bulgaria sided with the Alliance‚ each country had
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to test who could survive the longest. In this war there were two main opposing forces‚ the central powers‚ consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and The Ottoman Empire. The second opposing force was the allied powers‚ which consisted of Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Russia‚ and the United States. Although World War 1 was sparked by the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ this war had 3 most important causes. The three most important causes of World War 1 were nationalism‚ alliances‚ and of course militarism
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them together. Doing this made other nations unhappy. In Sarajevo‚ capital of Austria‚1914‚ Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie came to town. Many people were there to see them. It was in Sarajevo where
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