There have been many different reasons why the first World War began. From the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary to militarism in Europe. Other times‚ the cause for World War 1 maybe to just blame one country as a whole‚ which most of the times it does. Although there are many reason for the outbreak the two big reasons are The Assassination of the Archduke and The Alliance Systems. Although this paper will focus on the Alliance Systems‚ the assassination played a big role on actually
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Germany was to blame for the First World War‚ but only to a certain extent. Germany were not solely to blame‚ but did contribute greatly to the sequence of events that led to war. Germany were a major contributor to the Arms Race‚ caused tension between many European countries‚ made alliances‚ were extremely nationalistic and encouraged Austria – Hungary to declare war on Serbia. Despite this‚ Germany were not the only power hungry nation to blame for the war. Germany was part of the reason that
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The event that sparked the outbreak of World War I is the simple but complex assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The archduke’s wife was also killed with him on that day in 1914. One might wonder how a Serbian nationalist from Sarajevo‚ Bosnia known as Princip was even able to get his hands on archduke. Ferdinand and his wife were celebrating their anniversary and they decided to tour the city of Sarajevo‚the capital of Bosnia. While visiting they were in an open care with little security
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Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria) lose to the Allies (Great Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Russia up to 1917‚ and USA in 1917) in a war that would become known as the First World War. Both sides were fairly evenly matched even though the Allies had dispatched almost double the amount of men than the Central Powers’ meagre 21 million. This was because‚ although the Allies had the larger force number-wise‚ they included about 21 million Russians who were immensely ill equipped and fairly
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The vietnam war was and still is a painful memory to most people in America which had and still has monumental significance today. Socially at the time the vietnam war was divisive and caused protests and marches.Also economically it was just too much money in the wrong place.My third reason for why the war was so significant historically is vietnam syndrome a non medical yet political term referring to Americas aversion to overseas conflict due to the vietnam war.My final reason for the vietnam’s
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1918 a war of blood ended with the homecoming of the lost and insane soldiers from the many battles. World War One or The Great War was sparked by the death of the duke of a country that wasn’t super important or big. It was started between two countries but ended with almost every country in the world taking sides. So what was the main cause for this great war. Of the three main causes of World War One‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ and imperialism. There are many reasons why imperialism was one of the
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constitution was adopted by all of the states in 1789‚ uniting the states into one nation‚ differences between the states had been worked out through compromises. For more than 30 years arguments between the North and South had been growing. By 1861 these differences between the Northern states and the Southern states had become so great that compromise would no longer work. Thus‚ a conflict started within our nation that was called the civil war (1861-1865). The American Civil War was a series of
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n World War 1 there were a lot of battles Canada participated in. These many battles made Canada a stronger nation that it is today. The battles that Canada participated in were; Battle of the Somme‚ Battle of Vimy Ridge‚ Battle of Second Ypres and Battle of Passchendaele. Out of these battles‚ the capture of Vimy Ridge by Canadian forces in World War 1 was the most significant moment in Canadian history. The Battle of Vimy Ridge started on Easter Monday April 9th to the 12th of April‚ 1917
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Trotsky was appointed commissar of war by the government it was a major turning point in the civil war. Whilst Lenin was working on the land that the Bolsheviks had and trying to ensure that it did not fall into the hands of the whites‚ Trotsky began to eradicate people who were against the Bolsheviks. As a military commander he was able to do with the army what he wanted and despite being untrained‚ his philosophy and organisation meant that he excelled in the role. His philosophy was simple and
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Why was it so difficult to establish a stable parliamentary democracy in Italy in the 40 years after unification? After the merger of Italy‚ several complications that stirred the fresh nation‚ who had to deal with a series of troubles that invariably affected the poorer Italians‚ especially in the south while disallowing the power in Rome to fully consolidate. Italy had to face a series of social‚ economic and reform issues as well as dealing with the poverty and unceasing emigration that took
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