One of the world’s most devastating and history-changing wars was caused by the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was next in line for the throne to govern over the Austria-Hungary empire in the beginning of the 20th century‚ and he was rising at a very dangerous and tense time. In the early 1900s‚ Austria-Hungary was in a stressful conflict with the country of Serbia. The Serbians wanted the land of Bosnia‚ in which the Austria-Hungarian empire had annexed into their
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World War One was a turning point in history. Many scholars study this event and what caused this huge conflict. Germany used to be the sole one responsible for this war‚ but many controversial debates later‚ the blame was gradually put on the other great powers of Europe as well. In this essay‚ I will be analyzing the main causes of WWI‚ especially targeting the long-term causes. Most of these causes and events may be classified into 4 main themes: imperialism‚ the alliance system‚ militarism &
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What were the causes of WW1? In 1914‚ World War I broke out. It involved around 100 countries around the world. Between 1914 and 1918‚ over 59 million troops were used‚ over 8 million died and over 29 million were injured. This is the biggest war anyone has any witnessed yet; this is why WW1 is also known as the Great War. The main reasons why WW1 broke out were the Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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Many people think that Germany started world war I. If you google who started world war I you will see many websites and papers that agree with this statement. Although‚ no one country stared the war and all of the involved parties are partly to blame. It was Austria Hungary that was mostly to blame. Austria Hungary started World War I by using war to distract form internal problems‚ delivering a harsh ultimatum and expecting an answer in three days‚ and declaring war after all of the demands in
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Historians have heavily debated the causes of the First World War. Fritz Fischer‚ author of Germany’s Aims in the First World War‚ wrote that Germany was undeniably responsible for the war. Fischer argues that Germany took advantage of the Austro-Serbian conflict in order to stage a preventive war‚ and pull herself out of European isolation. His research showed that Germany had similar aims in both WWI and WWII‚ setting out to consciously to become a world power. He argued Germany’s aim to gain
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Main Cause Of World War One Going into a war that was predicted to change the world‚ soldiers were excited‚ however‚ they came home sad‚ broken and depressed if they even survived. This war was called World War One‚ The War to End All Wars‚ or The Great War. It was a violent battle between the triple entente and the triple alliance that dragged many other nations to war as well. The Triple Entente was made up of France‚ Russia‚ and Great Britain. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany‚ Austria-hungary
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Burgos‚ Echeverría‚ Vallecillo‚ Sevilla 1 Paola Echeverria‚ Tatiana Burgos‚ Beatriz Sevilla‚ Marcela Vallecillo Ms. Solorzano XX Century 12A World War I Nationalism is defined as being patriotic feelings‚ efforts and principles. Nationalism was one of the significant causes of World War 1. Europeans played a very big role in the years previous to war‚ since they started to construct a deep and firm belief in their countries’ predominance. Their nationalism was expressed through newspapers‚ literature
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The most well-known cause for the start of World War I is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. At the surface‚ this complicated event provides little insight to the conditions that truly caused World War I. These conditions were caused by the original reasons for the Balkan War. The circumstances set by the events and The Treaty of Versailles of World War I laid the groundwork for World War II. Similarly‚ the Balkan War set the stage for the First World War. These surrounding
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After an immense amount of tension caused by nationalism and industrialism‚ and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian group called the Black Hand‚ war broke out between Austria-Hungary and Serbia‚ eventually spreading to include many major powers of the time. During the summer of 1914‚ after refusal from Serbia to hunt down the group responsible for killing the archduke and failure to meet the conditions of the ultimatum given‚ Austria-Hungary prepared for an invasion of Serbia
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As previously mentioned‚ Lafore emphasizes that the primary cause of World War I was the tensions created in the Balkans‚ especially between Austria and Russia. I agree with Lafore’s conclusion that Austria-Hungary’s ethnic makeup was behind much of the problems that the empire faced. As he reiterates‚ these ethnic groups often clashed with the government‚ on the basis of establishing a nation-state for their nationality. There had been significant nationalistic movements throughout Austria-Hungary
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