1. Where were the three European fronts in the war? The western front of the war was mostly fought in Belgium‚ France‚ and Alsace-Lorraine. The Russian front was mostly in Germany. The Balkan front was mostly fought in Serbia and Austria. 2. Briefly describe what happened on each of these three fronts. On the western front‚ defensive weapons were shown to be better than offensive. there were millions of deaths because the traditional war tactics were catastrophically deadly mixed with the new
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CAUSES( also from janki mam’s book) Arms race The naval race between Britain and Germany was intensified by the 1906 launch of HMS Dreadnought. She was revolutionary‚ rendering all previous battleships obsolete. Britain had also maintained a large naval lead in other areas particularly over Germany and Italy. Paul Kennedy pointed out both nations believed Alfred Thayer Mahan’s thesis of command of the sea as vital to great nation status; experience with guerre de course would prove Mahan false
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A set of alliances had been signed by countries between the years 1879 and 1914‚ the first start when Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance to protect themselves from Russia‚ then Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Serbia to stop Russia gaining control of Serbia and then comes the triple Alliance between Germany and Austria- Hungary made and Italy to stop Italy from taking sides with Russia‚ and then arrives the triple entente among Britain‚ Russia and France that agreed not to sign for
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World War 1 Questions 1. Which three countries were in the Alliance of the Three Emperors? A. Italy‚ France‚ England B. Germany‚ Russia‚ Austria C. Germany‚ Austria‚ Prussia D. Serbia‚ Greece‚ Bulgaria Answer: B. Germany‚ Russia‚ Austria 2. What was key to Bismarck’s plan to maintain Germany’s power prior to WWI? A. Invade to surrounding countries B. Defeat Britain in naval combat C. Aid the Ottoman Empire through military force D. Maintain peace throughout Europe‚ namely between
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Haki Hysenaj Reflects on Declaration of independence The declaration of independence is the most important of all American docomunts throughout American history . This powerful documents do not represent only The United States of America ‚ but also protecting basic human rights in the World . The main part of declaration deals with equality in society : ‘ We hold these truths to be self evident ‚ that all men are created equal ; that they
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idols were the women’s volleyball players‚ because they were moved by their tough spirit. I have witnessed these girls at the top and then started to fall‚ now they have come to the top again. They never give up。 China won the gold medal after beating Serbia 3-1 in the women’s volleyball final at the Rio Olympics. It is the third time that the Chinese women’s volleyball team has claimed Olympic gold‚ and the first since the 2004 Athens Games. Congratulations！
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World War 1 started in Europe in the year 1914 and went through 4 years and ended in the year 1918. The war started out with an assassination of heir to the Austrian throne by a Serbian nationalist. Austria then told Serbia there will be bad consequences for what they have done and Serbia had Russia as its allies and Russia threatened Austria then Austria told Germany the problem and Germany declared war on Russia and its ally which was France. Germany went into Belgium and then Britain entered war
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became the death of him. The Congress of Berlin in 1878 Austria-Hungary had been given the right to administer Bosnia and Herzegovina on the western border of Serbia. Thousands of Slavs lived in that area‚ but in 1908‚ Austria-Hungary annexed these ideas outright‚ which infuriated the Serbs‚ who hoped to absorb all the Slavs into their nation. Serbia may have been small and insignificant to Austria-Hungary; however‚ the one small
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N. All of these underlying reasons led to bigger cause such as the arms race‚ imperial rivalry in general‚ the alliance system and the crises in Morocco and the Balkans. Short term issues include the chain of events; Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum to Serbia and its declaration of war‚ Russia’s immediate mobilisation‚ the Schlieffen Plan from 1897‚ and England’s declaration of war. Otherwise known as A.R.S.E. These chain of events were started following Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination and Serbia’s
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Firstly‚ we must proceed to explain the nature of Article 231 in order to be able to analyse its judgement about Germany’s responsibility for the war. After the war had ended‚ Europe’s‚ especially France’s economy was devastated. There was also a general desire for such a war never to repeat itself‚ as the first proof of modern warfare proved to be ruinous. To deal with this two issues the allied powers made Germany sign the "war guilt clause" which made it accept all the guilt for the war and because
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