The Great War Begins Otto von Bismarck The Triple Alliance = Italy‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary Central Powers = Germany and Austria-Hungary The Triple Entente = France‚ Russia‚ Britain Militarism Alsace and Lorraine “Powder keg” Start of Great War: conflict between Serbia & Austria-Hungary Archduke Francis Ferdinand Ultimatum Mobilize General Alfred von
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from a different cause. Austria-Hungary’s harsh act against Serbia and Germany’s unneeded declaration of war against Russia and France actually cause World War I. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia to quickly and then Germany declared wars on nations because it was “defending itself” even though it just wanted to gain more territories and use its large military. These rash acts caused the whole world to plummet into the largest war man had ever seen. Evidence of Austria-Hungary’s viciousness
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In what year was the alliance formed? The dual alliance was formed in the year 1879. The German chancellor Otto Von Bismarck was responsible for forming the alliance as he strove to form stronger links with Austria-Hungary. The secret treaty stated that both nations would agree to help each other if attacked by Russia but that they would remain neutral if there was an attack on another power such as France. Question 6: Which nation joined the dual alliance in
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is considered to be the “War to end all wars” or the “imperialist war” but as a matter of fact it was the first modern war. Nationalism played the largest part of the beginning of the war due to nationalist conflicts between Russia and Austria-Hungary. Militarism played a huge part in the war because everyone was more than ready to fight and it was obvious. The toll that imperialism had on the war was that Great Britain had the most spread empire with colonies spread across the globe‚ Germany
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war. Austria-Hungary also annexed Bosnia in 1908 due to imperialism and noticing the Ottoman Empire that ruled the Balkans was declining. This infuriated Serbia who believed they should rule Bosnia due to their geographical and ethnical similarities. After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914‚ and Serbia refusing the part of Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum that insisted they get to handle how the Black Hand gang (the terrorist group responsible for the assassination) were punished‚ Austria-Hungary
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Alliance between Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary and The Triple Entente of Britain‚ France and Russia. These caused great tension between many of the European neighbours‚ however‚ no more were these a fault of Germany in particular‚ these tensions that had arose were responsible to each nation at which entered it; they often knew the consequences if their alliance partner was to act a certain way or enter into a war. Each member of the Triple Alliance (Germany‚ Austria and Italy) promised to help the
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What were the events that brought World War I? World War I is considered as one of the biggest war in the world. World War I started at July 28 1914‚ and ended at November 11 1918. During these 4 years of war‚ more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens were killed. The war was caused by several different conflicts beforehand‚ such as colonial rivalry‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliances. But‚ the immediate event that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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overall lead signified this was not a factor in the oncoming conflict. It should be noted that the cost of the arms race was felt in both Britain and Germany. The total arms spending by the six Great Powers (Britain‚ Germany‚ France‚ Russia‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy) increased by 50% between 1908 and 1913. [2] Plans‚ distrust and mobilization Closely related is the thesis adopted by many political scientists that the mobilization plans of Germany‚ France and Russia automatically escalated the
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eruption of our very first world war. But the main trigger was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the throne of the Empire of Austria-Hungary) on the 28 June 1914. One of the many causes of WW1 was the two alliance systems formed at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. On one side was Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy (Triple Alliance known as the Central Powers) and France‚ Britain and Russia (Triple Entente known as the Entente Powers) on the other side
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the Emperor Napoleon III was captured. Ever since 1871‚ Germans had been worried that France would attack them‚ so they sought alliances with the other major European nations‚ so France would be isolated. By 1882‚ Germany was allied with Austra-Hungary and Italy‚ in an alliance called the Triple Alliance. Then‚ in 1887‚ they signed the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia. Thus Germany was allied with three major European nations and France was left isolated. In 1890‚ the German kaiser set out to make
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