European powers tried to overrule smaller countries. Imperialism is what really sparked the war. Austria-Hungary was rising to power and needed to extend their territory. Serbia was perfect. They were weaker and not able to defend themselves against such a powerful country. So when Austria-Hungary began taking over Serbia, their only defense mechanism was to
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Assuming Archduke Franz Ferdinand had not been assassinated, was a world war inevitable? Although I believe the assassination was a catalyst of the war, the cause was more systemic and relied on numerous issues rather than on the one tragic incident of the assassination. WWI was an inevitable war that occurred in the fact that every government involved was suffering from at least one or more of the following issues: o They had major instability within the internal government o They all were suffering
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imperialism is an affect of the war, the most important that set it off with a bang was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in June of 1914. A Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed both of them as the rode in a car in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Which at the time was a territory of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. This led Germany to declare war with Austria to fulfill their long standing ally treaty. This led Russia to uphold their agreement with Serbia, which also
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World War 1 started in 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. On June 28,1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was shot by a Serbian citizen named Gavrilo Princip. At this time Austria and Hungary were allies and were ready to declare war but waited until the got help from Germany. On July 5th Kaiser Wilhem 2nd Germany’s leader agreed to help Austria and Hungary in what later became World War 1. Austria declared war on Serbia on July 28,1914. In that same week the allies were lined up and ready to start World
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nor Birth, when two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of earth!” There was no exception in World War one, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia went to defend against the Austrians’ with Serbia. With Russia in the fight, Germany declared war upon Russia, eventually leading France into the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. With Germanys’ attack on Belgium, it provoked the British and included them as well into the nationwide war. Japan later joined as
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World War One began in 1914 after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia. The war, also known as the great war was split in to two alliances: United Kingdom, France, Russia and Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy, Japan and the United States joined later. The British publishing industry was not completely affected by the war, in fact they were heavily involved in government censorship and propaganda due to the fact publishing was still possible under
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for the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914. The argument most commonly raised by historians is that Germany hold the most responsibility for the outbreak as they alone had the power to withdraw its “blank cheque” which offered unconditional support to Austria should they choose to invade Serbia. As Fritz Fischer and many other historians believe that Germany favoured a war as they were keen to showcase their strength as a nation and become the number one world power, evidence of this is shown by their
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The Cause of World War One World War I began on July 28, 1914, and was fought between two sides. The Triple Alliance, which was Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy; against the Triple Ententes, which was Britain, France, and Russia. The war was fought for a total of four years, three months, and two weeks, and ended on November 11, 1918. Before the war took place, other wars such as the Crimean War, the Franco-Prussian War, and the Russo-Japanese War were going on. The four main causes of World
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During the pre-war period, there was controversy between many countries in Europe. Whether it was because of nationalism, militarism, alliances or imperialism, there were many problems between several nations. Although the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the main underlying causes of World War I which led to the uprising of many other events, there was much more to it, that led up to it. All the causes of World War I were all associated with each other, it they were all very different
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1. Explain what was the first incident that started WWI, and why that was important. (2) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian-Hungary Empire. After this Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia... which then triggered the actions of war among other European countries in mutual alliance. Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary to defend Serbia... Germany declares war on both France and Russia, and Great Britain declares war on Germany. 2. List the main events in
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