Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Overall‚ the most important reason was the Alliance System. One of the main causes of the Great War was the Alliance System; this was a long-term cause. These alliances formed for protection and revenge. The 2 main alliances in Europe at this time were the Triple Entente‚ including Great Britain‚ France and Russia. The Tripe Alliance: Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary. Each member of the alliances guaranteed to help
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Powers (France‚ Russia‚ Britain‚ Italy and the United States)‚ and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire). The three primary driver of the war were the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ boundless militarism and monetary dominion. The primary reason for World War One occurred on June 28‚ 1914. Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb understudy‚ shot and executed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the beneficiary to the Austro-Hungarian royal position‚ and his significant other. Princip
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the causes of the World War II in that the World War I started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria versus the Nazism started off by Adolf Hitler; the similarities was that the Germany was involved in both World War I and World War II. The World War I started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. He was the heir to the throne of the Austria-Hungary. The World War II started because of the Nazism which started by Adolf Hitler. He had
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The causes of the world war were 4; the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Arms Race‚ Alliances and the Empire. I think that the most important cause is the Alliances‚ because if other countries didn’t start coming into Austria-Hungary’s war with Serbia‚ it wouldn’t have turned into a major war. The first link is from Box 3: ‘Countries wanted a big empire because they gave countries more power‚ money and prestige’‚ to Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’
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known happened because of numerous reasons‚ some of which are unexposed till today. The clear trigger for the war was the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. The death happened amid the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo. The Archduke was focused because of the general feeling among Serbians that‚ once named to the throne‚ Ferdinand would proceed with the mistreatment of Serbs living inside the fringes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Simply minutes after the two had
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Although the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrillo Princip caused World War I‚ many consider an increase in military Technology to also be the cause of World War I. Some of the Military Technology that might also be the cause are; the use of the Airplanes‚ Machine Guns‚ and the tanks. Long before the war began‚ the countries in these groups or alliances had made arrangements to work together and help one another if there was a war. So when war did break out in 1914‚ parts of Europe
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killed. A still debated question however is the cause of the Great War; two major worldly forces grinding against each other or a single bullet fired by a rebellious Bosnian Serb? The 28th of June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was going to make a speech in Sarajevo‚ a Bosnian city under Austria-Hungary’s rule‚ where the Black Hand (a group of nationalist Bosnian Serbs who wanted independence from the Austrian-Hungarian empire) were preparing to assassinate him. He survived the first assassination
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assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand in the country of Sarajevo‚ next to Serbia. Hochschild explains the assassination in his novel. He writes‚ "It was into this powder keg of jostling empires‚ just as Franz Ferdinand’s open touring car unexpectedly stopped on the street in front of him‚ that young Gavrilo Princip fired two point-blank pistol shots. One hit the Archduke... in the jugular vein‚" (Hochschild 81). This quote specifically shows how the Archduke was killed‚ and
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answer is the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand which was a catalyst for the things to come. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th‚ 1914 by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip kick-started everything that would lead up to the first world war. Because of this singular event‚ Austria feared that Russia would intervene on Serbia’s behalf‚ so they reached out to Germany. Germany‚ then hands Austria-Hungary
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Research Questions 1: World war one was sparked by the assignation of archduke Francis Ferdinand. The political objective of the assassination was to break Austria- Hungary’s south- Slav provinces off so they could be combined into a great Serbia. Both sides of the group believed it would be a quick war of many resources. 2: Russia become involved in WWI after Austria declared war against Serbia‚ because Russia had made itself the guardian of all Slavic and/or Eastern Orthodox peoples‚ particularly
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