World War One Study Sheet Franz Ferdinand The archduke of Austria‚ nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph‚ and heir to the Habsburg throne. Franz Ferdinand’s assassination on June 28‚ 1914‚ by Serbian militant Gavrilo Princip‚ is widely considered the unofficial start of World War I. Schlieffen Plan A German military plan‚ formulated in 1905‚ Germany’s strategic vulnerability‚ sandwiched between its allied rivals‚ led to the development of the audacious (and incredibly expensive) Schlieffen
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conflict as well. However‚ the immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip‚ an irredentist Serb.[1] The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes between the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ the British Empire‚ Austria-Hungarian Empire and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the
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How WWI started The commonly held notion that it was started out of outrage over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie at the hands of Serbian nationalist secret society known as the “Black Hand” isn’t entirely correct. In fact‚ the Emperor Franz Josef himself expressed relief over the assassination because it rid him of an heir whom he deeply disliked. The Emperor commented that “God will not be mocked. A higher power had put back the order I couldn’t
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World War I World War I (also known as the First World War‚ Great War or War of Wars‚ abbreviated WWI) was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world ’s great powers‚[4] assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers.[5] More than 70 million military personnel‚ including 60 million Europeans‚ were mobilized in one of the largest wars
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There are many different factors that contributed to the outbreak of WWI. The most important of these are imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the alliance system‚ nationalism and the assassination of the Austrian Arch Duke. Although Germany has a share in the responsibility of these factors‚ she was definitely not the lone cause. Many powerful European nations played a roughly equal part in their contribution‚ which consequently started the First World War. At the beginning of the 20th Century there
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The Great War 1914-1918 was universally destructive. The effects of these were seen in many areas‚ as in the destruction of human life and property‚ and in the political‚ social and economic fields. The evolution of capitalism and progress in the scientific spheres were also important consequences. It is estimated that in the four years of war‚ some eighty lakhs of people were killed and as many wounded. Some 8-10 lakh people were reported missing. In most countries‚ after this Great War‚ monarchy
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Psykologi A‚ Filmanalys av Sybil 1.1 Inledning Med denna uppsats avser jag att analysera filmen Sybil utifrån det psykodynamiska perspektivet och beteendeperspektivet. Filmen som är baserad på en sann historia om Shirley Ardell Mason‚ skildrar en ung kvinna vid namn Sybil vars traumatiska barndom lämnat henne med en dissociativ identitetsstörning. I denna uppsats ska jag ta reda på ursprung‚ vidhållande och bot‚ samt eventuell terapi som skulle kunna tillämpas för den mentala störning som tas
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------------------------------------------------- Etymology Before World War II‚ the war was also known as The Great War‚ The World War‚ or The War in Europe .In France and Belgium‚ it was sometimes referred to as La Guerre du Droit (the War for Justice) or La Guerre Pour la Civilization / de Oorlog tot de Beschaving (the War to Preserve Civilisation)‚ especially on medals and commemorative monuments. The term used by official histories of the war in Britain and Canada is First World War‚ while
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Among all man-caused violent conflicts‚ atrocities and catastrophes‚ the two World Wars were the most disastrous and painful events human history had to suffer. In terms of casualties‚ World War II was more harmful‚ as it is estimated to have caused 50 to 80 million deaths. However‚ the Second World War is also more well-known because of one prominent and charismatic leader – Adolf Hitler – and the Holocaust‚ the biggest genocide in human history‚ which was the systematic extermination of many Jews
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Western civ 2 notes 1848 * Known as the hungry 40’s * Industrialization sweeps over Europe * Railroad transforms the world and makes the world “smaller” because news got around quicker * France – 1830-1848 – “july monarchy” Louis Philippe is a bourgeois monarch. The bourgeoisie benefitted from him because of Liberalism * French workers started to get pushed into the streets because of food shortages and rising prices * In fear of violence‚ the royal family flees and goes
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