WWI World War I also known as “The First Modern War” was a time of tragedy and despair. The effects of this war changed the world as we knew it for the rest of the time. The war began in July 28‚ 1914 and had a duration of about four years‚ resulting in an end date of November 11‚ 1918. Although the atrocities began shortly after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated militarism‚ nationalism‚ and imperialism are the 3 root causes of World War I. Militarism is a mindset that a country’s government
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The event that sparked the outbreak of World War I is the simple but complex assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The archduke’s wife was also killed with him on that day in 1914. One might wonder how a Serbian nationalist from Sarajevo‚ Bosnia known as Princip was even able to get his hands on archduke. Ferdinand and his wife were celebrating their anniversary and they decided to tour the city of Sarajevo‚the capital of Bosnia. While visiting they were in an open care with little security
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Three Main Causes of World War I While we are always reminded of the negative effects of war‚ it is not everyday that we learn to understand the deeper factors of war that can turn a small conflict into an international outbreak. World War I was said to have been sparked by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand but there are various deeper reasons that contributed to the commencement of the Great War. These factors include militarism‚ imperialism and the alliance systems. The first
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motives that in the end started World War I start? Did it start because of an assassination or did it start because of nationalism and imperialism? On June 28‚ the archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire died along with his wife as well. The assassination basically sparked WWI and because of this the Austrian government was extremely angry. The Austrian government demanded apologies of some kind and this is how WWI started. On July 28 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia because of their actions
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World War One or ’The Great War’ as it got to be known happened because of numerous reasons‚ some of which are unexposed till today. The clear trigger for the war was the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. The death happened amid the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo. The Archduke was focused because of the general feeling among Serbians that‚ once named to the throne‚ Ferdinand would proceed with the mistreatment of Serbs living inside the fringes of the Austro-Hungarian
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{text:bookmark-start} Why the United States Entered World War I {text:bookmark-end} The US entered the war for a variety of reasons. Here are some summaries of explanations. There were unauthorized German submarines along the US East coast. Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in the spring of 1917 provided the final straw for US politicians‚ and America declared war. The first and foremost answer would be the sinking of the Lusitania‚ an British cruise/transport
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How did World War I start? The First World War was a big event in world’s history; it killed over 17 million people and changed a lot of things in the world. The causes of this War are still unsure‚ there are a lot of causes for it. One of them is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ which is in part‚ what made the First World War occur. At that time‚ Austria-Hungary was waiting for a reason to attack Serbia‚ but without a reason‚ Germany‚ which is an ally of Austria-Hungary‚ wouldn’t have follow
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World War One was the global war. This event took place in Europe and it lasted for four years and three month. The reasons behind the causes of war includes variety numbers of reasons and event that took place. These problems mainly focuses on the economic factors and the political factors. Some problems in the economic factors includes the alliance system. The problem with the alliance system was the central power and the triple alliance and the relation between these two different alliances
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or who contributed to the U.S. winning both World War I and World War II? These are not just ordinary people who were selected‚ but also people who volunteered to give their lives for the safety of America. The Navajo Code Talkers lifestyle‚ culture/beliefs‚ and how they contributed to the wars has enhanced our knowledge and understanding of how the wars were won; now we know what and who helped the U.S. during the wars. Their contribution to the wars are greatly appreciated today. Even though not
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The four main topics to have caused world war one is nationalism‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism One of the reasons World war one started was Militarism‚ militarism used to be known as an “arms race.” Because Britain expanded their navy‚ Germany wanted to do the same These countries competed to build the biggest and strongest army. For reasons of protection and power‚ the more a nation continued to build up their navy and army‚ the more other countries felt pressured to do the same. The cost
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