navy with having control over the oceans but also having France and Russia as their allies. This probably encouraged Germany to get more strength in their navy because of the competitiveness between Germany and Great Britain. As a result Germany and Austria-Hungary formed their own alliance along
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Alliances were being formed‚ Germany with Russia‚ Austria with Germany‚ Russia with Serbia‚ everything was building up and it was about to explode. When Franz Ferdinand was assassinated it was the last straw. The Austrian-Hungarian empire took advantage of this horrible event to go to war. They blamed the
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Franz Ferdinand of Austria who was a royal prince of Hungary and an archduke of Austria-Este. The war subsided over four years later on the 11th of November 1918. The war was fought by two conflicting alliances‚ these were the Triple Entente and this included the French republic‚ the British Empire and the Russian Empire (Italy later joined in 1915 after leaving the Central Powers) The other side of the war was fought by the Central Powers‚ this side was made up of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman
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The first one‚ was lit by problems such as‚ alliances of European countries‚ imperialism‚ militarism and specially the assasination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinard in his visit to Bosnia. The murderer was a Serbian nationalist‚ and afterwards Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany‚ the Austria-Hungary ally declared war on Russia‚ England and France‚ marking a beginning of chaos. We will learn particulary about the greatest and deadliest battles of World
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initiated the war was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination and threatened war unless Serbia followed a harsh set of demands. Germany backed Austria-Hungary and Russia backed Serbia. On 28 July‚ war was declared and the split of Europe was inevitable with Britain‚ Russia and France – the Allies on one side and Germany & Austria-Hungary on the other. By the end of the war on 11 November
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The assasination took place in Sarajevo. Their death was at the hands of the Black Hand‚ a Siberian nationalist secret society. The Austria-Hungary empire suspected that the Siberians where at fault for the assassinations and promptly demanded that the assassins be brought to justice effectively. Austria-Hungary suspected that the Siberians would reject the high terms they requested‚ giving a clear path for them to declare war on Siberia. Which lead to the rest of the
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The Four Causes of World War I Mary Kate Fleisher Honors Global 101 Period 7 The four main causes of World War I are nationalism‚ militarism‚ imperialism‚ and alliances. As Europe underwent extreme changes and industrialization‚ these causes began to pop up throughout Europe. The Industrial Revolution and Scientific Revolution had just ended‚ and Europe was looking for a time of peace. Although there were many movements for peace‚ concepts like nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ and
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HUMN-405 Historical Essay #2: The Great War The Great War On June 14‚ 1914‚ Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip‚ shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne‚ during his visit to Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. The assassination‚ which was in protest of Austria-Hungary ’s control of the region‚ was the catalyst for a bloody and destructive global conflict that would cost millions of lives and would leave entire countries in ruins. Tensions had been building between European
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two of them were soldiers‚ or actively supporting soldiers in the war. Why did all this happen? It is said that the First World War was started by the action of Gavrilo Princip. On June 28‚ 1914‚ this daring young man murdered the prince of the Austria-Hungary Empire‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It happened in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. A group of disaffected Serbian Nationalists ‚ known as the Black Hand organization saw the Archduke’s visit as the perfect opportunity to strike a political blow against what
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The Great War affected almost everyone in the world. Tensions continued to rise in Europe until everything exploded. World War 1 began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Serbia. After Austria-Hungary decided Serbia was responsible for the assassination rather than the Black Hand members‚ other countries began to get involved‚ and eventually the Great War began. This was supposed to be a short war‚ however it lasted longer than most countries thought it would
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