lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip‚ an irredentist Serb.[1] The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes between the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ the British Empire‚ the Austria-Hungarian Empire and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914 that had left tensions high. In turn these
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agreements which stated they would help each other in times of need‚ such as a war. These were known as alliances. In the case of a war‚ the countries in the same alliance would pledge to provide support and help defend each other. Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary and Italy before the war‚ forming the Triple Alliance‚ while Britain‚ France and Russia formed the Triple Entente. However‚ Italy left the Triple alliances just as the war was about to break out‚ and later joined the Triple entente as they
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colonize led to several diplomatic incidents and fuelled rivalry between France‚ Germany‚ and Britain. In 1908‚ Austria-Hungary took over the province of Bosnia which used to be Turkish. This upset the Serbians that thought the province should belong to them. Serbia threatened Austria-Hungary with war and Russia allied with Serbia. Russia then mobilized its forces. Germany allied with Austria-Hungary and mobilized
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that had resulted the war- militarism‚ alliances and imperialism. However the most significantly underlying cause of World War I is through imperialism. Militarism is an important cause of World War I. In 1890‚ the five powers of Europe- Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Great Britain‚ France and Russia- had spent British pounds mostly on armaments. In 1914‚ which is about twenty-four years later‚ the amount of money spent on militarism had drastically increased (Doc C). However‚ out of all those nations
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Before World War 1‚ the following alliances existed: * Russia and Serbia. * Germany and Austria-Hungary. * France and Russia. * Britain and France and Belgium. * Japan and Britain. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia‚ in which Russia got involved in to defend Serbia. Germany‚ seeing Russia rallying‚ declared war on Russia. France was then drawn in against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany attacked France through Belgium‚ pulling Britain into war. Then Japan entered the
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lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip‚ an irredentist Serb. The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes between the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ Great Britain‚ Austria-Hungarian Empire and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914 that had left tensions high. In turn these diplomatic
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War. Countries throughout Europe made defense agreements that would pull them into battle meaning‚ it one country was attacked‚ allied countries were bound to defend them. This was called alliances. At the start of World War One‚ Germany and Austria-Hungary allied and became became the Triple Alliance or Central Powers Alliance‚ when Italy joined in 1882. Fearful of that alliance; in 1894‚ France made an alliance with Russia‚ and in 1904 France also made an agreement with Britain. It was called
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Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance was the alliance between Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy while the Triple Entente was between Great Britain‚ France and Russia. This war began on July 28th‚ 1914. This war all started with the assassination of Mr. Franz Ferdinand. Mr. Franz Ferdinand was the heir throne to Austria-Hungary. According to History.com on June 28th‚ 1914 Franz Ferdinand was in the city of Sarajevo inspecting the imperial arms of Bosnia. During his tour of the
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In 1914‚ WWI began with the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand. . This lead to a battle between the central powers and the allied powers. Germany‚ Austria- Hungary‚ Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire were the countries that made up the central powers. The allied powers consisted of countries such as Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ Romania‚ Japan and the United States. As an outcome‚ their were drastic changes in the countries politically‚ economically culturally
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the Austro-Hungary heir) and his wife on the 28th of June 1914 started a chain of events which were to be disastrous. A month later on the 28th on July 1914‚ Austria-Hungary waged war and invaded Serbia. Russia then came to support Serbia and Germany invaded Belgium while heading to France. Britain then waged war on Germany. The two sides created the Allied powers with Britain‚ France and Russia‚ and the Central powers with Austria-Hungary and Germany
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