Gallipoli was only ever going to be a pointless struggle. World War 1 was a world war between the triple entente i.e. Italy‚ Austria-Hungry and Germany and the triple alliances – United Kingdom‚ France and Russia and all their alliances. It all started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the Royal Prince of Austria-Hungry was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was Bosnian Serb and a member of a group called the Black Hand a secret society led by Serbian Military Intelligence. This essay aims to
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With many nations experiencing their own technological and industrial revolution‚ it was easy to understand the sheer destruction caused by the Great War. Countries felt the affects in nearly all aspects of their life during this time‚ from physical to economic eradication. Just over one-hundred years later‚ it is still crucial to discover what led to the first World War. An important aspect in understanding what caused WWI is the political and economic policies of European nations during this time
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were imperialists‚ and there were many reasons why the war started in the first place. One reason was because there were multiple pieces of evidence showing the small nation‚ Serbia‚ gave the assassinator the weapons to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the archduke of Austria-Hungary and the heir to the throne. His assassination triggered the outbreak of World War I. This first political cartoon portrays the alliance system; the alliance system was only one part to the M.A.I.N. causes of World
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nationalist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. Austria-Hungary needed to prove its authority after such a horrendous crime in order to maintain its credibility as a great power and a force in the Balkan region. With Russian threat of intervention looming and an unprepared army‚ Germany was required to help back them up. Kaiser Wilhelm received a personal letter from Emperor Franz Josef requesting his support. On July
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triple alliance formed in 1882 consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. The other alliance was the triple Entente formed in 1907. This consisted of Great Britain‚ France and Russia. These alliances led to “world” war because when Austria went to war with Serbia the Russians felt obliged to help the Serbians. When the Russians helped the Serbians Germany declared war on Russia. Germany declared war because of their alliance with Austria-Hungary. These alliances kept adding more countries to
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Underlying Causes of WW1 With 2 shots fired the Archduke of Austria was dead‚ causing World War 1‚ yet the true cause was much deeper. World War 1 lasted four years from 1914 to 1918. It was the bloodiest war the world had ever seen and to this day is the deadliest war with 10‚000‚000 dead in twice that wounded. What were the underlying causes of World War 1? First of all what does underlying mean underline is the unseen cause or bases of something. The three underlying causes of World War 1 were
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Bosnia and Serbia. When it was announced that Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir to the throne of Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ was going to visit Bosnia in June 1914‚ Dragutin Dimitrijevic‚ the chief of the Intelligence Department in the Serbian Army and head of the Black Hand‚ sent Princip and two other men to Sarajevo to assassinate him. Each man was given a revolver‚ two bons‚ and a small vial of cyanide. the were to commit suicide after the Archduke had been killed because it was important that
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reminded of the negative effects of war‚ it is not everyday that we learn to understand the deeper factors of war that can turn a small conflict into an international outbreak. World War I was said to have been sparked by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand but there are various deeper reasons that contributed to the commencement of the Great War. These factors include militarism‚ imperialism and the alliance systems. The first reason for the eruption of World War I was militarism. Militarism
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between the triple entente and the triple alliance that ended in destruction. These nations included Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Austria‚ Sweden‚ Turkey‚ etc. Throughout the multiple years of war‚ they used tanks‚ airplanes‚ machine guns‚ along with other deadly weapons to kill so many people. The war officially started about one month after a Serbian assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand that resulted in a declaration of war on June 28th 1914. There were many different causes of World War One‚ that lasted
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nationalism. Militarism is the belief that a country should have a strong military and is prepared to use it to defend their country. Alliances in WWI put the Allies‚ Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and the United States against the Central Powers‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. Imperialism is when a country spreads its influences throughout another country through diplomacy or force‚ and in WWI made the expanding countries think themselves as unbeatable. Nationalism is
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