World War I broke out across the continent of Europe causing massive destruction along the way. A war like this did not just simply happen overnight‚ it had many preconditions and precipitants that lead to the whole continent getting into a World War. There were four major ideas that led the nations of Europe to take up arms against each other. The precipitants include the death of France Ferdinand all the way to the declaration of war. These major ideas were nationalism‚ imperialism‚ technology
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been at war with each other and sometimes‚ these conflicts could escalate to involve the entire continent. One of the most infamous wars that involved Europe was World War I‚ and the scale of the war shocked Europe along with the rest of the world. World War I had many economic‚ social‚ and political causes‚ and many things happened because of this war. Nations fought in this war to solve many of the issues that caused it‚ but it did a poor job of actually solving those problems. World War I had many
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THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1 World War 1 was fought between the allied and the central powers from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between the central powers consisted of Germany‚ Austria- Hungary‚ Turkey and Italy and the allies consisting of U.K ‚ France‚ Russia and U.S.A. The war in itself is considered a notable example of a total war as all the belligerents used every means of warfare including chemical warfare to try to win. The war ended with an allied victory after the armistice in 1918
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Lesson 8.02: World War I: Causes and Alliances WWI Timeline: How did the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the rise of Nationalism combine to spark WWI? The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the rise of Nationalism combined to spark WW1 because Austria- Hungary‚ where he was from‚ declared war with Serbia‚ which are the people who killed him. I thought this was expected from Austria-Hungary. Especially back then if someone important was killed they would start a huge war over it‚ just
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One cause of World War I was Militarism. Germany had an industrialized military and spent millions of dollars trying improve and prepare them for war. Many other countries seen this newfound competition and started to try and rebuild their armies and navy so they could keep up. With Germany’s new and improved army‚ they started to gain confidence and were convinced that they could win a war. Germany was very focused on utilizing their army. As soon as the war declared‚ Germany without a doubt didn’t
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World War 1 erupted in 1914. World War 1 had many countries involved but not all of them entered at the same time. There were three sides to choose from at the beginning of World War 1. One option was the Central Powers which included Germany‚ and Austria-Hungary‚ and were later joined by Bulgaria‚ and the Ottoman Empire who were neutral at first then joined the Central Powers. There were the Allies which were made up of Ireland‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Russia‚ Montenegro‚ and Serbia. The
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World War I is one of the most remembered wars in the history. There are many short and long-term causes that lead up to the war. Most important causes that contributed are the Bosnian Crisis‚ Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and the secret alliances. First critical cause that contributed to the war is the Bosnian Crisis in 1908. There was tension between A-H and Russia as the Balkans was important to both of them. Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and an agitated Serbia looked
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World War 1‚ also known as the “ Great War ”‚ was one of the deadliest wars in world history with over 38 million deaths and was also important because it was the first global war. It started on June 28th 1914 and ended in November 11th 1918. The Great War mainly took place in Europe in the Western Front (England‚Belgium‚ France‚ and west Germany)‚ the Eastern Front (Russia‚ Austria-Hungary and the east of Germany) and finally the Italian Front (Italy and Austria).The first world war was between
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World War I World War I was a constants back and forth battle. In world history‚ it is considered the lethal conflict causing over 38 million casualties. Germany never thought that their attack on July 28th of 1914 would cause four years of world chaos. The Great War revolved around European territory and most thought it would be over with within six weeks. German soldiers went into war with the mindset of being “home by Christmas” only to be stuck in a deadly Trench Warfare for the next four
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The most important cause of World War I is alliances because countries felt threatened by enemy countries. Alliances were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon
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