and self determination swept through Europe. The Serbs‚ Bosnians‚ Croats‚ and Slovenes wanted independence. The Serbs were the first to gain independence‚ but the Austro-Hungarians limited their growth. In 1908‚ the Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed Bosnia‚ angering the Serbs. * A Continent Goes To War: The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ was in the Bosnian capital‚ Sarajevo‚ where he was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist‚ Gavrilo Princip. The Austro-Hungarians
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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 countries took sides and it
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Proposal for paper Could Genocide have been prevented? Introduction - The meaning of Genocide‚ and the impact it has on a single person and society. - Start out with a few interesting facts about the war in Bosnia - Information on the key players that were involved in the war and genocide - Talk about how the war began/ conflict of interest and religion in area. Thesis - Specifically state to the reader if there was U.N. intervention‚ could genocide have been avoided? - What were
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during this time saw a race to acquire the last territories open for colonization. This urgency to colonize led to several diplomatic incidents and fuelled rivalry between France‚ Germany‚ and Britain. In 1908‚ Austria-Hungary took over the province of Bosnia which used to be Turkish. This upset the Serbians that thought the province should belong to them. Serbia threatened Austria-Hungary with war and Russia allied with Serbia. Russia then mobilized its forces. Germany allied with Austria-Hungary and
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Understanding Real War Behind Enemy Lines‚ a movie taking place in the country of Bosnia‚ which many couldn’t even locate on a map‚ is a very eye opening and realistic portrayal of only some of the lighter crimes committed by Serbs during the war from 1992 to 1995. Unlike many historically significant movies which tell stories of American history‚ Behind Enemy Lines gives insight to other wars and problems occurring in the world‚ showing that America isn’t the center of the universe
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outdated equipment and tactics. Their lack of new technology and advanced equipment was mirrored by other nations such as Greece might have had quite a disadvantage due to its size. 2. When the Archduke of Austria‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ visited Bosnia in 1914‚ he was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ under orders of the Black Hand which was a covert Serbian military society. Shortly after‚ the July Crisis took place when Austria-Hungary provoked Serbia to start a war. Five days later‚ Austria-Hungary
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World War I started on July 28th‚ 1914. The war started because on June 28th‚ 1914‚ a young Siberian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. Austria-Hungary needed to prove its authority after such a horrendous crime in order to maintain its credibility as a great power and a force in the Balkan region. With Russian threat of intervention looming and an unprepared army‚ Germany was required to help
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however‚ lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914 caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by Gavrilo Princip‚ an ethnic Serb and Yugoslav nationalist from the group Young Bosnia‚ which was supported by the Black Hand‚ a nationalist organization in Serbia.[1] The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes among the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ Britain‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia) over European
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Assess the importance of Alliance System relative to other factors which brought about the outbreak of WW1. The relative importance of alliance system is smaller than other factors .Other factors that lead to the outbreak of WW1 such as extreme nationalism‚ new imperialism‚ militarism and pre-war crisis are relatively more important than it. To compare with extreme nationalism‚ alliance systems got less influential than it regard its definition in meaning. Alliance system is a system that
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began the struggle between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian government. On 28 June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand‚ wearing his seven lucky charm and his light-blue cavalry dress with bullet proof‚ and his wife visited Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia‚ to review these troops. It was a sunny Sunday morning. Franz Ferdinand and his wife arrive at Sarajevo railway station at 9:30 a.m. The Duke and his wife get into a dark green‚ open-topped car because its their wedding anniversary.
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