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    war to end all wars" but instead ended up being the war to start all wars. The war was said to start when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Garlio Princip. This was such an uprising because Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia‚ who was supported by Russia. Austria was waiting for confirmation on their alliance before they declared war. The three main causes of World War I would be Nationalism‚ Imperialism‚ and Militarism. Nationalism is where countries have so much pride in themselves

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    if a battle took place‚ they would render support to each other. So in reality‚ the allies that would defend each other during the war were already decided before the war even started. Some of the previously existing alliances included Germany and Austria-Hungary‚ France and Russia‚ Russia and Serbia‚ Britain‚ France‚ and Belgium‚ and Japan and Britain. When Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by

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    He was murdered in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia (in Austria-Hungary). He was important to this area‚ so after he was killed‚ a war erupted with Serbia. Thanks to alliances‚ Serbia was set with help from Russia‚ and Germany rushed in to help Austria-Hungary. With other alliances between these four countries‚ soon there was five countries against Austria-Hungary and their ally Germany. Because of the assassination to Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the battle

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    It was started by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo ‚ Austria-Hungary by a Serbian man named Gavrilo Princip whose was one of the seven members of Mlada Bosnia (Young Bosnia)‚a terrorist group from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia . Due to prior “arguments” with Serbia ‚ this gave Austria-Hungary the excuse to go to war. July 28‚ 1914‚ Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia ‚ as a first attack Austria-Hungary invaded Bosnia-Herzegovina in reaction to this Russia got involved o

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    World War 1 was a military conflict involving European nations‚ and other nations across the world‚ which lasted from August 1914 to November 1918. It was first centered in Europe between the nations and the tensions between Serbia and Austria. Many innocent citizens died during this significant war. The major causes of World War I are militarism: building up an army and weapons to be prepared for wars‚ alliances: close association of nations‚ imperialism: one nation controlling another‚ and nationalism:

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    www.studyguide.pk UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2008 question paper 9697 HISTORY 9697/01 Paper 1‚ maximum raw mark 100 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’

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    soon as possible. To prevent this‚ Otto von Bismarck (the chancellor and leader) made agreements with other countries so that France would have no allies with which to fight against Germany in the future. In 1882 Germany signed an agreement with Austria-Hungary and Italy‚ known as the triple alliance. These became nationalist alliances: the belief that loyalty to a person’s nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty. Nationalism took hold among people

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    quickly due to the countries across Europe being locked into an alliance. The importance of the Alliance system can be reinforced by L.F.C Turner who writes “Bethmann pushed Austria into a premature declaration of war” which suggests that Germany were responsible because they gave Austria a Blank Cheque which was Germany giving Austria permission to attack Serbia stating that they would help aid their attack on Serbia as they wanted the war to happen sooner rather than later. This is because they knew

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    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Shortly after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany signed a “blank cheque” with Austria-Hungary stating that the Germans would unconditionally support Austria- Hungary with whatever actions they chose to take with the Serbians. (World War l Lecture Notes). Around the same time‚ Austria-Hungary presented an outrageously harsh ultimatum to the Serbians. Even after the Serbians agreed to it‚ Austria-Hungary still declared

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    World War I began with the assassination of‚ Austria-Hungary Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand and his wife in 1914. Even though this did not start the war single handedly it “lit the fuse to the fire” known as The Great War. Militarism‚ imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and alliances played a huge role in the war from beginning to end. Nationalism is a sense of belonging in a country. It involves putting ones country’s needs before any other country. Nationalism was a significant cause to World War I. Prior

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