Europe was separated into two main alliances: the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entete. The Triple Alliance‚ also called the Central Powers‚ included Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy‚ but Italy made a secret alliance with France‚ saying they will not go to war against France. The Triple Entete‚ also called the Allied Powers‚ included Great Britain‚ Russia‚ and France. These two alliances were made in secret
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connotation‚ at least for me. Great grades‚ a great trip‚ great memories- all with a happy smile. In this context‚ great is being used as The Great War‚ also known as WWI. WWI was largely influenced by the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. However‚ the major causes that led the war are the alliances system‚ nationalism‚ and imperialism. The alliance system had its benefits and disadvantages. Firstly‚ if one country started a war against another‚ the first country had back-up
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assassination basically sparked WWI and because of this the Austrian government was extremely angry. The Austrian government demanded apologies of some kind and this is how WWI started. On July 28 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia because of their actions. Because of this a chain reaction soon occurred. After Austria-Hungary declares war Russia declares war then Germany then France. After that Britain joined France and Russia to form the triple entente while the Germans‚ Austro Hungarians‚Italians and
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Gallipoli was only ever going to be a pointless struggle. World War 1 was a world war between the triple entente i.e. Italy‚ Austria-Hungry and Germany and the triple alliances – United Kingdom‚ France and Russia and all their alliances. It all started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the Royal Prince of Austria-Hungry was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was Bosnian Serb and a member of a group called the Black Hand a secret society led by Serbian Military Intelligence. This essay aims to
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Moroccan Independence and wanted to hold a conference about Morocco’s future. In 1906‚ Algeciras there was a conference with all major powers‚ where the Kaiser thought he would gain from the talks but none of the other countries sided with him except Austria-Hungary and Morocco. Spain and France got control of the Moroccan banks and police. Britain and France’s relationship got stronger and France got a foot hold in Morocco so Germany had failed and become humiliated. The Second Moroccan Crisis in 1911
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alliance with Hungary/Austria and Italy. They promised if anything happened to each other they would help each other out as Germany was worried about France attacking them. The other alliance was The Triple Entente that contain Frances and Russia‚ they promised to help each other if they were attacked by signing an
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On the 28th July 1914‚ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia with the Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and one day later‚ the Russians got ready to help in the war. On the 1st August‚ Germany declared war on Russia‚ while the French soldiers were put on a war alert on the following day. On the 3rd‚ Germany declared war on France and invaded through the neutral Belgium‚ which caused Britain to declare war on Germany on the 4th. Finally‚ Austria declared war on Russia on the 6th‚ completing
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The long-term origins to World War One start back in 1870 with the Franco-Prussian War. In the Franco-Prussian war France lost to Germany which lead to the two countries never being in an alliance with one another. Once the war was over it lead to the forming of the triple Alliance which was one of the main alliances during the first world war. The Triple alliance was made up of the countries - Germany‚ Austo-Hungery and Italy‚ and it was first formed because Germany needed help to guard Alsace-Lorrain
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triple alliance formed in 1882 consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. The other alliance was the triple Entente formed in 1907. This consisted of Great Britain‚ France and Russia. These alliances led to “world” war because when Austria went to war with Serbia the Russians felt obliged to help the Serbians. When the Russians helped the Serbians Germany declared war on Russia. Germany declared war because of their alliance with Austria-Hungary. These alliances kept adding more countries to
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The Shot Heard ‘Round the World (War I) On summer day‚ June 28th‚ 1914‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was riding in a car‚ driving through Sarajevo‚ trying to show himself to the Serbian people. A terrorist group had created plans to assassinate Ferdinand and at first they failed. However‚ Ferdinand coincidentally ended up right next to the sandwich shop that Gavrilo Princip‚ one of the designated assassins‚ was eating at. Princip was quick to grasp the opportunity and he
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