Tanks in World War 1 Good morning fellow class mates and Mr Crowley‚ World War 1 was the most famous war of all time after it had started from the assassination of‚ Austrian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. After that it is believed that there was a holding amount of tension between the European empires after crossing each other’s borders in competition to see who the more superior country which they then let go of that tension and it began. Tanks were an unsuccessful piece of warfare
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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 One had many causes and left 21‚219‚000 soldiers wounded and 9‚906‚000 soldiers dead. The Central Powers such as Germany‚ Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire and the Allied Powers France‚ Russia‚ Britain‚ Italy and the United States had many conflicts the time. The main causes of the war were the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ growing militaries and economic imperialism. June 28‚ 1914 the first cause of World War One took place. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian
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First‚ in the early 1870s‚ the German Chancellor Bismarck was the first to start the alliance system which was one cause of the First World War. Other nations only followed him. Second‚ the extreme nationalism (Pan-Germanism) in Germany made her desire to unite with the Germans in Austria-Hungary to become a great German state. With her support‚ Austria-Hungary came into direct conflict with the Serbs in the Balkans. Third‚ Germany was the most militaristic in the Armaments Race between 1871-1914
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causes of World War I The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in July 1914‚ included many intertwined factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism played major roles in the 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
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World War 1 started for various reasons but‚ the three main causes were‚ the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand‚ the rise of Nationalism‚ and the building up of the military and alliances. The war started in 1914‚ there are many arguments according to the reasons on how the war actually started but‚ most historians believed it to be the assassination. Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28th‚ 1914‚ the killing took place in Sarajevo by a member from a group called the
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Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria) lose to the Allies (Great Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Russia up to 1917‚ and USA in 1917) in a war that would become known as the First World War. Both sides were fairly evenly matched even though the Allies had dispatched almost double the amount of men than the Central Powers’ meagre 21 million. This was because‚ although the Allies had the larger force number-wise‚ they included about 21 million Russians who were immensely ill equipped and fairly
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World War was fought over many different explanations such as colonies competing for more land‚ formed alliances‚ and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The War had affected and injured many people due to these reasons. Therefore‚ there was no need for this war‚ yet the heat was building up and it eventually broke the last straw. For instance‚ the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the last straw that broke and caused the war to begin. Given these points there were many explanations
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The War to end all wars. This is how the First World War has been described for generations. Even during this war‚ it was considered the bloodiest and most revolting act of humanity at its time. Hundreds of thousands of young men enlisted worldwide to be on the war front‚ to conquer the enemy at hand. Recruitment officers painted a vivid scene of glory on the return of all the soldiers willing to assist the Royal British army. This war saw the loss of more than 61‚000 Canadian lives‚ in the span
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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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