INTRO - Replace william with wilhelm On August 28‚ 1914 the final straw was broken and WWI began. The war itself was the culmination of failed treaties‚ promisses and misguided leadership. Hard to choose what caused the war to start‚ but if anything i belive the Russian’s have the most impact on the war. In order to come to this conclusion we have to assesses the trials and tribulations each nation took to get the big stage in 1914. The 19th centry marked the age of the rise and fall of great eurpean
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difficult series of diplomatic clashes among the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ Britain‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914 that had left tensions high. In turn these public clashes can be traced to changes in the balance of power in Europe since 1867.[2] The more immediate cause for the war was tensions over territory in the Balkans. Austria-Hungary competed with Serbia and Russia for territory and influence in the region and they pulled
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There are several causes to have started the war in July of 1914. The biggest being the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie‚ this led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. The underlying causes are far more important in forcing Europe to forcing war upon itself. The four underlying causes of World War 1 are: Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism. Among other causes such as: territorial‚ political‚ and economic‚ the importance of these are not as large
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28th of June 1914 started a chain of events which were to be disastrous. A month later on the 28th on July 1914‚ Austria-Hungary waged war and invaded Serbia. Russia then came to support Serbia and Germany invaded Belgium while heading to France. Britain then waged war on Germany. The two sides created the Allied powers with Britain‚ France and Russia‚ and the Central powers with Austria-Hungary and Germany. As the war went on‚ more countries joined each side‚ including Australia. Australians were
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The causes of World War I included a growing rate of militarism‚ which was accompanied by an arms race. Also imperialism‚ as economics and fighting for colonies among the European nations were prevalent. Alliances such as The Triple Alliance and The Triple Entente also started the war along side nationalism. The effects of the war included 8.5 million deaths just from soldiers‚ 16.1 million in total‚ higher taxes‚ rationing of food and other products‚ a propaganda war‚ and famine. Germany was blamed
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Serbian nationalist secret society set Austria-Hungary against Serbia. This started a line of events that would bring each country into the war one at a time. These line of events was caused by the alliance system. Each country was brought in to the war because of an allegiance to the other. Because if the assassination Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia but Russia was allied to Serbia so Russia attacked Austria Hungary but Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary so Germany attacked Russia but
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four years finally ending on November 11th‚ 1918. The war consisted of two teams‚ the Allies who were the United Kingdom‚ France‚ and the Russian Empire and were later joined by Italy‚ Japan‚ and of course the U.S. of A but the Central Powers were Austria-Hungary and… Germany but as time went on the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria joined. Although the United States was involved‚ the war itself was obviously centered in Europe. The direct cause was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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the outbreak of World War I was a coordinated action since Austria-Hungary and Germany were both in favour of war emphasised by the fact that Germany gave a blank check of support to its ally (Tierney 2011:299-301). According to Tierney “the issuance of blank checks is a sign of the convergence of interest‚ and impeding coordinated aggression‚ rather than chain-ganging” (2011: 291). Christensen and Snyder in return use the fact that Austria-Hungary’s actions forced Germany to follow unintended as evidence
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World War I (WWI) began on July 28‚ 1914‚ when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip‚ leader of a radical group whose purpose was to end foreign rule over Bosnia and Serbia. Austria-Hungary used the assassination as justification to launch a war on Serbia‚ blaming them for the radical groups’ actions. This regional conflict sucked in most of the great countries of the world. The
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organization‚ The Blackhand. Franz Ferdinand‚ the Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ and his pregnant wife were on their way to have Ferdinand recite a speech and meet with the mayor of Sarajevo. He was there on behalf of Austria-Hungary as he wanted Bosnia to follow Austria-Hungary. The Blackhand had executed a poor attempt to kill him during Ferdinand’s trip to see the mayor. The Blackhand had positioned multiple assailants along the archduke’s route. One assassin had thrown a grenade without
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