The Christmas truce which was a not official truce. The truce occurred along the Western Front. The truce occurred during the Christmas of 1914. World War 1 had been going on for many months but the soldiers on both sides stepped out of their trenches. They walked across no mans land which is where they shook hands and agreed to have a truce so that any of the dead from either side could be buried. As well some of the soldiers also used the truce as a way to chat with each other. Some of them even
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in 1914‚ there are many arguments according to the reasons on how the war actually started but‚ most historians believed it to be the assassination. Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28th‚ 1914‚ the killing took place in Sarajevo by a member from a group called the “Black Hand Secret Society” this society included one Bosniak but five Serbians. The assassin was named Gavrilo Princip. He shot Franz near a sandwich shop so historians believed that he was buying a sandwich.
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economic supremacy was to impose it on others. Ultimately‚ this rivalry could only be settled with the use of violence and guns. Franz Ferdinand‚ (Archduke of Austria‚ in line to the throne of the Austro-Hungary Empire) was killed on June 28‚ 1914 in Sarajevo by Gavrila Princip‚ a Bosnian nationalist. This attack was the start of the First World War. A single
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The First World War (Revision) The rise of Germany upset the balance of power in Europe The Old Balance of Power - a balance of power was established between Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia and France‚ with Britain holding the scales. The rise of a unified Germany upset this balance. Germany was unified not only by ‘blood and iron’ but also by ‘coal and iron’. Rapid industrialization‚ concentrated military power‚ a young and dramatically increasing population (43% increase between 1880 and 1910)
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short answer is alliances‚ militarism‚ and rampant nationalism. The shorter answer is the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand which was a catalyst for the things to come. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th‚ 1914 by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip kick-started everything that would lead up to the first world war. Because of this singular event‚ Austria feared that Russia would intervene on Serbia’s behalf‚ so they reached out to Germany
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On one day back in June 1914‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist called the Black Hand. This event immediately led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia and then‚ the alliances of both countries involved in. Within few days‚ the first World War broke out and lasted four years‚ caused millions of people died and wounded. However‚ the assassination of Ferdinand was not the only reason caused the worldwide war‚ it was just a blasting
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Austro-Hungarian Empire was Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs resented Austrian rule and sought the protection of independent Serbia. It was one of these Bosnian Serb groups‚ the Black Hand‚ that assassinated the Crown Prince‚ Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Austria‚ egged on by her German allies‚ quickly sent Serbia an ultimatum and declared war on the 28th July 1914. A few days later‚ on August 1st‚ Germany declared war on Russia - seen as the champion of the Slav cause by Serbs‚ Russians and Germans
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Delirium chief defies year of dotcom madness BYLINE: Gwyneth Roberts BODY: JOE NGAI IS 26 years old. He has a degree in economics and an MBA from Harvard. He is also the chief executive of Delirium Corp‚ a pan-Asian e -business solutions provider. If you are secretly hoping this tale will evolve into one of spectacular dotcom disaster‚ like so many others in the past year‚ stop reading. Mr Ngai may have come far in a short space of time‚ but he has none of the arrogance one would associate with a
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Through showing intellectually competency‚ religious attitudes‚ and commitment to justice‚ Golda Meir is a profound example of an Ignatian leader. Over the course of her lifetime‚ Meir was able to promote her intelligence‚ her beliefs‚ and her just ideals in order to create a better society for those around her. Golda Meir‚ who lived from May 3‚ 1898 to December 3‚1978‚ was most famously known for being a Zionist Labor leader. She served as a foreign minister in Israel from 1956 to 1966. Later
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things happening in the whole country of Europe throughout a long period of time; they just led up to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and the start of this war. Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austrian throne‚ and his wife were murdered in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip who was a member of the “Black Hand”‚ which is a Serbian nationalist group. This assassination was not taken lightly but the Austrian leader did not want to declare war‚ but the government decided that if Serbia wouldn’t agree
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