The battle was triggered by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria in while visiting Sarajevo. Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb nationalist‚ Gavrilo Princip. The assassination angered the Germans and they began to plan a attack. Their goal was to drain France of their economic and political resources. They called the plan the Schlieffen Plan‚ this meant that they would move quickly and try to achieve
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ on 28 June 1914 is widely regarded as the cause of World War One. A Serbian terrorist‚ Gavrilo Princip‚ was the assassin. He shot both Ferdinand and his wife Sophie at point-blanc range (the second murder attempt of the day). Ferdinand was visiting Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ a southern state of Austria-Hungary‚ in an open topped
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On July 28th‚ 1914‚ Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ a young Serb with nothing to lose in life. This set out a spark that sent the world into the war to end all wars‚ which ended in countless casualties. Many of the participating countries predicted the war would end by Christmas of 1914. But in December of 1914 countries were still at war with one another and soldiers were still on the front lines in deep muddy trenches. The war did not stop the soldiers
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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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European conflict and can be classified as the most important immediate cause of the war. The assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand is seen as the most important immediate cause of World War I. On the 28th of June‚ Franz Ferdinand was shot by Gavrilo Princip‚ a member of the Slavic nationalist group “Black Hand Movement”‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. The Arch Duke had been on a good-will mission to Bosnia in order to calm the situation and bring peace to the region. Directly after the assassination‚ the Serbian
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American Imperialism and the Growth of International Markets (1910 for American until 1920) o As American industrial markets boomed and our economy expanded we sought additional markets for our surplus products and food stuffs. Reasons it occurred in this time period industrial revolution surplus of materials and foods. Export it over seas. Imperialistic. Basically means colonizing. Manipulating their economy which is not a good thing; morally. We’re imperialistic as of 2012. 1920-1941: America
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The Causes of World War One In this module you will learn: 1. FOUR new words 2. SIX factors which underlay the outbreak of the First World War [ANIMAL] 3. TWO rival alliances 4. SEVEN countries 5. EIGHT crises which preceded the war [BiG FaT BABA] 6. The story of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 7. FOUR steps by which the murder of Franz Ferdinand led to the outbreak war [ARSE]‚ including. 8. THIRTEEN key dates in the ‘slide to war’. You must do the following written work:
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Sarajevo‚ next to Serbia. Hochschild explains the assassination in his novel. He writes‚ "It was into this powder keg of jostling empires‚ just as Franz Ferdinand’s open touring car unexpectedly stopped on the street in front of him‚ that young Gavrilo Princip fired two point-blank pistol shots. One hit the Archduke... in the jugular vein‚" (Hochschild 81). This quote specifically shows how the Archduke was killed‚ and who he was killed him. The use of "powder keg of Blon 2 jostling
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Adolf Hitler “The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again” –George Santayana Adolf Hitler is known for having the greatest impact on Europe in all of history‚ especially Germany. Although the majority of people look down on him for his mass murder of about 6 million Jews in a short time period‚ his story of influence on a whole country is incredible. He started out as a boy from a little town in Austria with nothing more than a paintbrush and a dream; a dream to become
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Causes of World War 1 Vocab Term Definition Significance 1. Kaiser William II He was the emperor of Germany. He became emperor after his father died in March 1880‚ dismissing Bismarck from being chancellor of Germany. Kaiser William II is significant because he played a big role in the causes of WW1. He was very into making Germany powerful and to have Germany in “its rightful place in the sun”. Because of his very pro-Germany actions‚ it caused the other European powers to worry that
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