nationalism was the most important factor leading to World War I as it increased tensions among Serbia and Austria-Hungary resulting in the direct cause of World War I. The Balkan crisis’s in 1908 and 1912-13 involving the annexing of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary. Serbia wanted to expand into the Adriatic Sea as a result of the second Balkan crisis but was denied by Austria-Hungary. Serbia was supported by Russia who however was forced to back down by Germany. Also‚ as a result of the
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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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after Napoleon’s reforms and by widespread confiscation of wealth from Europe (for example by asking Austria to pay for a war reparations). Anarchy and mob violence‚ counter-revolution‚ and civil war caused death to hundreds of thousands citizens. Entire regions were depopulated by burn land tactics‚ and cities like Lyon destroyed. It was the biggest outbreak of violence in Europe between 30Y War and WWI. The extreme measures during the crisis brought a legislation that ended democracy and created first
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all started on June 28th‚ 1914 when the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist known as Gavrilo Princip. Princip was part of a group called the Black Hand and they wanted two main things from Austria-Hungary. They wanted more autonomy for Serbia and for the province Bosnia that was inside of Austria-Hungary to be annexed to Serbia instead. After all the commotion and assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ Austria-Hungary decided to declare war on Serbia. Many other countries
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thoughts. World War One left 9‚906‚000 soldiers dead‚ 21‚219‚000 soldiers wounded and 7‚750‚000 soldiers missing. It was a conflict between the Allied Powers (France‚ Russia‚ Britain‚ Italy and the United States)‚ and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire) (Alliances). The main causes of the war were the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ militarism‚ imperialism‚ Morocco 1904‚ Bosnia 1908 and the Balkan Wars. World War I started because of the contests between the
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nationalist group “Black Hand Movement”‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. The Arch Duke had been on a good-will mission to Bosnia in order to calm the situation and bring peace to the region. Directly after the assassination‚ the Serbian Government was blamed by Austria-Hungary as being responsible for Franz Ferdinand’s death. This assumption may have been made because there were some few connections between members of the Serbian government and the “Black Hand Movement”. On the same day‚ Serbia denied any responsibility
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originally involving Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia. There were many reasons why the war started; some were long term causes related with the tensions between the countries of Europe‚ such as the conflicts between Britain and Germany and Russia and Austria-Hungary. However there was one short term cause which invoked all the existing tensions to break out in war‚ the assassination of the Archduke and Prince of Austria‚ Franz Ferdinand. There were five Great Powers in
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What started as a local conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia became arguably the most important war in Europe. The Balkan states became the Great Powers’ way of starting a conflict that had been building up for decades. Although the guilt of the beginning of World War I is commonly attributed to the Great Powers‚ past tensions in the Balkan states made the perfect set up for a high-magnitude conflict in Europe since they made Serbia a threat to Austria-Hungary’s position as a Great Power. Serbia’s
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World War I Test Study Guide Notes Central Powers (Triple Alliance) vs. Allies (Triple Entente): Who belonged to each? -Central Powers: Germany and Austria-Hungary. They were known as central powers because their location was in the heart (center of Europe). Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire joined later -Allies: Great Britain‚ France and Russia. Japan and Italy joined later‚ although Italy was part of the Central Powers first. -Reason for rivalries: What were the main rivalries between
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On June 28‚ 1914 the archduke or Austria and his wife visited the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina. During their visit there was two attempts on taking the archduke’s life by the Serbian militants. The first attempt was they threw a bomb at the car the archduke’s were arriving in town in. But obviously the bomb bounced off the car and failed to injure the archduke’s. Later the same day the archdukes were on the way to the hospital to visit an officer who had got hurt by the bomb incident early
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