had ruled the Balkans for many centuries was in decline‚ in addition‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia both wanted to control this area so they could have access to the Mediterranean sea. The Balkan crisis started in 1908 when Austria took over the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Russia and Serbia protested‚ nevertheless‚ when Germany made it clear that they supported Austria-Hungary‚ Russia backed down. Austria-Hungary became very confident knowing that they could count on Germany‚ what is more they
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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 at the time‚ was fully supporting this movement‚ thereby indirectly challenging Austria-Hungary to control of its own people. The tension had been mounting long
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ultimatum‚ and the Schiefflen plan. Therefore it is completely valid to claim that Germany is responsible for the outbreak of world war I. The Blank Check was a sympathy card given to Austria Hungary from Germany. Germany gave unconditional support to Austria Hungary. Germany gave the support to Austria Hungary because of the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 18‚ 1914. Kaiser Wilhem had an emotional connection with archduke. He was upset when he had heard the news of the assassination
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Lorraine and this victory for Prussia led to the German states being united as one whole Germany. The new united Germany leader Bismarck set out to create alliances to make Germany more powerful and in 1879 they made the Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary‚ then in 1882 it became the Triple Alliance when Italy joined. 12 years later France approached Russia they agreed terms and the Alliance became known as the Franco-Russian Alliance‚ this alliance became the Triple Entente in 1907 when Britain turned
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assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand had in the run up to war. On June the 28th 1914‚ Gavirilo Princip along with two other students living in Serbia were waiting in the crowd‚ watching Franz Ferdinand‚ who was to be the future ruler of Austria-Hungary. One of the students threw a bomb‚ which was then deflected by Franz Ferdinand. They rushed to the town hall and cancelled their visit. When they were about to leave‚ their chauffeur accidentally took a wrong turn and by chance Gavirilio Princip was
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attained many victories‚ in the end she lost more than she won. After Crimean War Russia had been more or less isolated by the other great powers‚ until mid 1860s when she made an alliance with Prussia‚ on the contrary Empire’s rivalry with Austria-Hungary had not disappeared‚ rather deepened over the Balkans. This complex relationship became the main obstacle in constructing the Three Emperors League in 1873. Though Russia understood that the league was her best chance to avoid Crimean Coalition revival
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with an infantry regiment in Prague and Hungary. While in the army Franz received several promotions: captain (1885)‚ major (1888)‚ colonel (1890) and general (1896). In 1889‚ Crown Prince Rudolf‚ the son of Franz Josef‚ shot himself at his hunting lodge. The death of Prince Rudolf passed the crown to Franz Ferdinand’s father‚ Carl Ludwig. When he died in 1896‚ Franz Ferdinand became the new heir to the throne. After the death of Franz‚ Austria/Hungary needed to enforce its authority in the face
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International Intercultural Management Tartalom 1. Introduction: The inter-cultural dinner was organised in my flat. Our group contained four people and the four involved countries were Denmark‚ Austria‚ the USA and Hungary. We had Hungarian appetizer‚ American main course and Dutch and Austrian dessert. The culture plays significant role in the business life because it is a success factor. Misunderstanding the cultural differences may lead to defeat. In cross-cultural
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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 1882
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independence after the Russo-Turkish war. In 1903‚ the pro-Austrian King Alexander of Serbia was murdered and was replaced by a new king determined to reduce Austrian-Hungarian influence. Austria-Hungary feared the influence of a strong country with a multi-ethnic empire. In order to combat this‚ Austria-Hungary started a tariff war and the Serbs went to France for support. Tensions grew when Baron von Aehrenthal became Austria’s new foreign minister. His belief that an aggressive foreign policy demonstrating
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