importance. The impulsive decision that causes Princip to act is the chance incident wherein Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s driver makes a wrong turn and ends up directly in front of the soon to be assassin. Princip uses this unexpected opportunity to kill the Archduke and his wife. Princip did not have a “formal” plan of attack‚ nor did he have previsions for a quick escape. He saw the opportunity and made the impulsive decision to shoot immediately. “Princip saw the archduke’s car parked outside‚ and
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that forever altered the trajectory of politics in Europe and the world as a whole. The war‚ waged from the 28th of July in 1914 to the 11th of November in 1918‚ was sparked when a 19-year-old Serbian member of the Black Hand movement known as Gavrilo Princip fatally shot the heir to the Austrian throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Sophie‚ in Sarajevo. The diplomatic crisis that ensued led to the reformation of international alliances constituted by the world’s economic powers and in a few
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The Significance of World War One World War One was an international war that happened in Europe and branched out to the United States during the final year. Many new advances appeared during this war. The new technologies of this century were incorporated into fighting against the enemies. Gas‚ a deadly weapon‚ was invented for the mass murder of soldiers and the impact it left still haunted the world into World War Two‚ twenty one years later. The Great War is often overshadowed by World War Two
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What were the causes of World War 1? In 1914‚ Europe was divided into two‚ the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. A catastrophic war broke out between these two European powers due to many factors which resulted in great amounts of tension. It proved to be one of the most brutal and horrific wars the world will ever fight‚ with an estimated thirteen million deaths. The four main reasons why WW1 broke out were The Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ The Arms Race and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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the Central Powers‚ consisting of Germany‚ Austria - Hungary‚ Turkey‚ and Bulgaria. The immediate cause of the war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28‚ 1914‚ at Sarajevo in Bosnia by Gavrilo
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2. To what extent was Germany to blame for starting WWI? After a massive war‚ it easy to see why a lot people would point fingers at the country that lost the war. However‚ is this always correct; or do people jump to conclusions much too quickly? By doing this‚ do they also create a whole new kind of trouble for themselves to come in later years? Some may suggest that it is more productive to look at the events leading up to the war to determine who was at fault. The blame attached to World
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Germany really had caused the war and was responsible for all damages‚ the Treaty would then be fair‚ but it wasn ’t them that had caused all these disturbances. One of the main causes of the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Serbian terrorist. This dispute was between Austria-Hungary and Serbia‚ Germany only offered to help when needed. Besides this‚ Germany was not the first country to mobilize or attack. They were blamed for the actions of other countries and
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world. Persian statesman Otto von Bismarck “was quoted as saying at the end of his life that "One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans." (Archduke Franz‚ 2014). On June 28‚ 1914‚ as he predicted‚ Gavrilo Princip a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia‚ assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand along with his wife. Set alight by this event and fueled by a collection of militaristic foreign policies‚ alliances‚ the
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To what extent was Germany responsible for causing World War One? To what extent was Germany responsible for causing World War One? In August‚ 1914‚ 6 million men mobilised for war on the European continent. It was the bloodiest war that had been fought yet in history due to huge advances in weapons and technology. This question of who was to blame for the war has been debated many times by many historians. Germany was responsible for its beginning to some extent but that extent can be argued
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World War I (WWI) was a global war concentrated in Europe that began in July 1914 and lasted until November 1918. It was also termed the World War or the Great War until WWII. The war was comprised of all the world ’s great powers‚ which were collected in two contrary alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally the Triple Alliance of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). The appearance of the Triple Entente as a counterbalance
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