What were the events that brought World War I? World War I is considered as one of the biggest war in the world. World War I started at July 28 1914‚ and ended at November 11 1918. During these 4 years of war‚ more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens were killed. The war was caused by several different conflicts beforehand‚ such as colonial rivalry‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliances. But‚ the immediate event that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Prussia Saxony Württemberg Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria (1915–18) Co-belligerents Jabal Shammar ...and others Commanders and leaders French Third Republic Raymond Poincaré British Empire George V Russian Empire Nicholas II Kingdom of Italy Victor Emmanuel III United States Woodrow Wilson Romania Ferdinand Empire of Japan Taishō Kingdom of Serbia Peter I Belgium Albert I ...and others German Empire Wilhelm II Austria-Hungary Franz Joseph I (1914–16)
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to 1918. It started as a nearby European war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia on July 28th 1914. It transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of the following nations known as the ’Allies’ and the ’Associated Powers’; Great britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and the United states. These nations defied the coalition(central powers). The assassination at Sarajevo in bosnia immediately caused the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia on June 28th 1914. The Triple Entente was involved
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loyalty to one’s people or homeland ○ Primary problems in the areas around Austria- Hungary (Bosnia‚ Serbia) 2. Alliances- the creation of alliances is dangerous because it increases fear and suspicion among rival nations; war is an even greater threat ○ There were 2 alliances in Europe in 1914 a) The Triple Entente: France‚ Russia‚ Britain b) The Triple Alliance: Germany‚ Austria- Hungary‚ Italy 3. Imperialism- competition for colonies had led to too many severe clashes
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World War 1‚ the following alliances existed: * Russia and Serbia. * Germany and Austria-Hungary. * France and Russia. * Britain and France and Belgium. * Japan and Britain. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia‚ in which Russia got involved in to defend Serbia. Germany‚ seeing Russia rallying‚ declared war on Russia. France was then drawn in against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany attacked France through Belgium‚ pulling Britain into war. Then Japan entered the war. Afterwards
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nationalist secret society set Austria-Hungary against Serbia. This started a line of events that would bring each country into the war one at a time. These line of events was caused by the alliance system. Each country was brought in to the war because of an allegiance to the other. Because if the assassination Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia but Russia was allied to Serbia so Russia attacked Austria Hungary but Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary so Germany attacked Russia but France
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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 . Comparatively‚ other nations only shared a lesser blame. All these show
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in the war encouraged the young men to join the army to fight for your country. The war started July 28‚ 1914 and ended November 11‚ 1918. The war involved all of Europe and Russia. Many people wonder who started the war. Many say it was Austria-Hungary or Germany. I believe that everyone had something to do with starting the war. The war draws in the world’s most powerful country and assembled them to two opposing sides. The two different sides were The Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance.
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by a virus we still battle today. After the signing of the treaty of Versailles on November 11‚ 1918 to end the world war‚ there were many plagues upon the participating countries. The largest 4 countries (France‚ Russia‚ Germany‚ and Austria-Hungary) suffered over 50% casualty rate. The USA had casualties of 321 thousand‚ 8% of the deployed number of forces. Over 28 million casualties were suffered worldwide. Some researchers of the World Wars argue that there was just a single World War and
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World War I (WWI) began on July 28‚ 1914‚ when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip‚ leader of a radical group whose purpose was to end foreign rule over Bosnia and Serbia. Austria-Hungary used the assassination as justification to launch a war on Serbia‚ blaming them for the radical groups’ actions. This regional conflict sucked in most of the great countries of the world. The
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