World War I was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. The assassination occurred on June 28‚ 1914 while Ferdinand was visiting the city of Sarajevo in the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Although Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the nephew of Austria’s emperor and heir-apparent to the throne‚ was not very well liked by most‚ his assassination by a Serb nationalist was viewed as a great excuse to attack Austria-Hungary’s troublesome neighbor‚ Serbia.
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Although the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrillo Princip caused World War I‚ many consider an increase in military Technology to also be the cause of World War I. Some of the Military Technology that might also be the cause are; the use of the Airplanes‚ Machine Guns‚ and the tanks. Long before the war began‚ the countries in these groups or alliances had made arrangements to work together and help one another if there was a war. So when war did break out in 1914‚ parts of Europe
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nationalist who was part of a dangerous Serbian nationalist group‚ Black Hand. Austria-Hungary had taken control of Bosnia in 1908. Many Serbs lived in Bosnia and Serbia wanted to free Bosnia from Austro-Hungarian rule. The archduke and his wife had been in Sarajevo on a state visit representing Emperor Franz Josef‚ his brother. Earlier in the day‚ there had been an explosion and the archduke’s car had been diverted toward Franz Josef Street. On every street there were members of the Black Hand group carrying
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two things: that their nation and their government 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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Powers (France‚ Russia‚ Britain‚ Italy and the United States)‚ and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire). The three primary driver of the war were the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ boundless militarism and monetary dominion. The primary reason for World War One occurred on June 28‚ 1914. Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb understudy‚ shot and executed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the beneficiary to the Austro-Hungarian royal position‚ and his significant other. Princip
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parties are partly to blame. It was Austria Hungary that was mostly to blame. Austria Hungary started World War I by using war to distract form internal problems‚ delivering a harsh ultimatum and expecting an answer in three days‚ and declaring war after all of the demands in the ultimatum were not met. Austria Hungary was having many problems internally. The empire was trying to take hold of all of the Balkan Peninsula and for many years before World War I‚ Austria Hungary was at high tensions with
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soon as possible. To prevent this‚ Otto von Bismarck (the chancellor and leader) made agreements with other countries so that France would have no allies with which to fight against Germany in the future. In 1882 Germany signed an agreement with Austria-Hungary and Italy‚ known as the triple alliance. These became nationalist alliances: the belief that loyalty to a person’s nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty. Nationalism took hold among people
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the causes of the World War II in that the World War I started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria versus the Nazism started off by Adolf Hitler; the similarities was that the Germany was involved in both World War I and World War II. The World War I started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. He was the heir to the throne of the Austria-Hungary. The World War II started because of the Nazism which started by Adolf Hitler. He had
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Franz Ferdinand‚ as inspector general of the imperial army‚ decided to pay an official visit to Sarajevo despite warnings not to because of the tensions in the area. At the time of his death‚ Ferdinand had been on his way to visit a fellow officer in a hospital who had been wounded by a bomb. Another member of the Black Hand was responsible for throwing the bomb that injured the officer Ferdinand was on his way to see.23 The assassination is often credited as the shot that started World War I since
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Why War Broke Out in 1914 War broke out in 1914 for a multitude of reasons. One reason was due to the Naval Race‚ this caused a sense of competitiveness and ensured readiness. Another cause of War was the Alliance System that broke out‚ this ensured that is war arrived a large number of countries would get involved. A further reason was imperialism‚ countries were looking to expand their territories and this caused a considerable amount of resentment. A growing sense of nationalism was another
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