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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Eastern Europe in the early 20th Century created a tension between Austria-Hungary and Serbia that culminated in WWI. This tension was caused by the threat Pan-Slavism posed on Austria-Hungary due to its high Slavic population and its recent annexation of Bosnia Herzegovina. Another tension-builder was that Russia‚ a Slavic nation and a super-power at the time‚ was fully supporting this movement‚ thereby indirectly challenging Austria-Hungary to control of its own people. The tension had been mounting
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Did World War I change the world for the better or worse? This World War led to many changes that have affected the nations that were involved even today. See how Imperialism‚ Militarism and Alliances pushed for war. What was the underlying cause of World War I ? The underlying causes of World War I can be found in; Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Alliances. One of the Causes of World War I can be found in Imperialism. Imperialism is the expansion of a country’s power and influence through diplomatic
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this‚ tensions were raging between all dominant countries‚ including; Austria-Hungary‚ France‚ Germany‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ and Russia. Untrustworthy and ruthless partnerships had been formed between‚ nearly‚ the entire world. An alliance of; France‚ Ireland‚ Russia‚ and the United Kingdom‚ became known as the Triple Entente. And on the other hand‚ the Triple Alliance was composed. The Triple Alliance included the powers of Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ and Italy which was formed in an effort to counteract
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assassination of Archduke Ferdinand‚ he was one of the leaders of Austria. The First World War began as a local war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1914. It grew into a world war involving 32 countries. The allies included Britten‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and the United States these countries fought against the central powers which included Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. After the assassination‚ Austria declared war
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the two alliances‚ any conflict between countries could cause an outbreak in war between them all. Firstly‚ with Europe being split in half with the two alliances it caused suspicion and fear between the nations of Europe. Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary had formed the Triple Alliance by 1914 and Britain‚ France and Russia had made the Triple Entente by that time also. If you were apart of one of the alliances you had signed a legal agreement to protect and assist each other if event of war
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been said the alliances involved more countries in war since it tied countries together dragging them to war. By the 19th century there were two alliances in Europe. One was a triple alliance that includes Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy but later Italy switched sides‚
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the archduke and his wife he started firing shots at the car and unfortunately bullets hit him and his wife‚ but they died one hour later after being taken to a nearby health hospital. This incident helped push forward the start of World War I but Austria- Hungary also declared war on Serbia and the war finally begun. World War I consisted of four different M.A.I.N reasons why ww1 started. These causes are Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and
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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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The Triple Alliance agreement was secretly made in 1882 between Italy‚ Germany‚ and Austria-Hungary. With this alliance came the destruction of the Three Emperor’s League between Russia‚ Austria-Hungary and Germany. In need of a new power to ally themselves with‚ Russia made a Dual Alliance with France in 1864. After Edward VII ascended to the throne of Great Britain‚ which was popular among
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