The Black Hand is a terrorist group from Serbia. In 1914 the Blank Hand assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne‚ Franz Ferdinand. This resulted in Austria giving Serbia ultimatum. The ultimatum was to either let Autrians into serbia to search for the assassinator or they would declare war on Serbia. Serbia refused to let Austra into the country and that decision resulted in the first of the many countries who would declare war. Austria and Serbia were at war. Each side had their own alliances
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World War the war that changed the world as we know it‚ the making and breaking of alliances which all contributed to the war that spread through countries throughout Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ North America‚ South America and even Australia. Since Europe and North America‚ both had an improvement on their technology they already had the upper hand. However‚ Europe had a vast amount of colonization throughout Africa‚ Australia‚ that along with their alliances throughout Europe. The main alliances being
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The causes of the world war were 4; the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Arms Race‚ Alliances and the Empire. I think that the most important cause is the Alliances‚ because if other countries didn’t start coming into Austria-Hungary’s war with Serbia‚ it wouldn’t have turned into a major war. The first link is from Box 3: ‘Countries wanted a big empire because they gave countries more power‚ money and prestige’‚ to Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’.
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justified in making Germany take the blame for WWI because Austria and Hungary were the countries who had started war with Russia‚ France and Serbia. Germany entered the war and fought for Austria and Hungary because they were bound by treaty‚ in fact Germany called a cease fire but Austria and Hungary kept battling. Austria and Hungary were the countries who made Serbia and Russia angry‚ not Germany. Austria and Hungary wanted Serbian land because they had just gained vast amounts of land from the Second
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nationalism was the most important factor leading to World War I as it increased tensions among Serbia and Austria-Hungary resulting in the direct cause of World War I. The Balkan crisis’s in 1908 and 1912-13 involving the annexing of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary. Serbia wanted to expand into the Adriatic Sea as a result of the second Balkan crisis but was denied by Austria-Hungary. Serbia was supported by Russia who however was forced to back down by Germany. Also‚ as a result of the
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between Serbia and Austria‚ turning a small battle between countries into a massive world war. In the political cartoon‚ people representing Serbia and Austria are at the front having an argument on the brink of becoming physical. Behind them‚ a man representing Russia is threatening Austria with retribution if they harm Serbia. Behind Russia is Germany‚ demanding Russia leave Austria alone.
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Article 231 in the Treaty of Versailles says the First World War was “the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies”. Survey the causes of the First World War. Was the wording of article 231 an accurate assessment? The wording of article 231 in the treaty of Versailles is an accurate
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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 declared war on Serbia which then dragged in the rest of the alliances. Because of the
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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 Schlieffen Neutrality • By 1914‚ Europe had been relatively peaceful‚ but not
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principle. He wanted Austria to punish Serbia. He thought that he world would be sympathetic about it. Germany was responsible for the outbreak of world war I because Germany did not fully explain what did the
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