countries in Europe was a third cause. The final major cause of World War I was the developing feeling of imperialism in European countries. All these concepts and ideas came together in the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austria-Hungary empire. The concept of militarism was a major cause of World War I. In the years leading up to 1914 technology became increasingly more advanced‚ with countries gaining more advanced weaponry which
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World War I: An Inevitable Outcome World War I: An Inevitable Outcome World War I can best be depicted as a perfect storm‚ beginning with a single act of terrorism. This act would bring about the deluge to come‚ presenting as the catalyst to a particularly explosive state of affairs amongst the nations of the 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
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I believe that Germany was the reason for WWI. There was a lot of chaos and heat that caused World War I. It all started in the year 1914‚ when Archduke Franz Ferdinand (and all his family) of Austria-Hungary. This is what triggered Austria-Hungary into a war-like mindset as a country. Even though this main cause of World War I wasn’t much of Germany’s problem‚ that’s not all that turned on WWI. In the end‚ Germany was responsible for causing WWI. One of the things that lead me to believe that
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most important reason to the outbreak of World War 1? The Great War (now known as World War 1) took place for 4 years from the 28th July of 1914 to the 11th of November 1918. There were two sides to the war‚ The Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and The Allied Powers (The British Empire‚ France‚ The Russian Empire‚ Belgium‚ Italy etc.) There were about 16 million deaths and 21 million casualties. The Allies won the war and forced the end of the German Empire and the Treaty of Versailles
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Who is to blame and what triggered this minor event to lead into the outbreak of World War 1? June 28th 1914: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife by a Serbian nationalist‚ Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary saw this as an opportunity to take hostile actions against Serbia to get rid of the Slavic Nationalist movement. What started off as a minor dispute in the Balkans ended up as one of the most inglorious wars in history including all major European powers
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World War I was an event that caused almost 10 million deaths in Europe‚ therefore killing off almost a generation of Europeans. It ended empires in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Austria Hungary and caused Russia to turn to communism and become a totalitarian state with Stalin in power. It created more rights for women and changed the social perspective of life to gloomy and pessimistic. The Congress of Vienna of 1814‚ created a long-lasting peace in Europe completed with regular peace meeting which proposed
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powers‚ which were separated into two opposing alliances‚ the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies were based off of the Triple Entente‚ The United Kingdom‚ France‚ and the Russian Empire and the Central Powers consisted of Germany‚ Austrian Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. Many factors lead to great tensions in Europe‚ sparking the need for a war. There are many long term causes of the Great War which include imperialism‚ alliances‚ militarism‚ and nationalism. Imperialism is the desire to
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I erupted when the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne‚ Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Serbia by a Serbian organisation known as The Black Hand. 25 days after the killing Austria-Hungary handed Serbia its list of demands. They requested a crackdown on all organisations considered a threat to Austria-Hungary and to allow Austria-Hungarian authorities access into Serbia to help hunt down those responsible. When Serbia failed to meet these guidelines war was declared against them. This event
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Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg knew Russia would enter the conflict‚ but hoped that Great Britain would remain neutral. With that hope in mind‚ Bethmann-Hollweg sent a telegram to Austria-Hungary‚ which promised that Germany would stand by them in case of war. Germany wanted to avoid a two-front war (with France and Russia) and believed they would be able to do so because of the amount of time it would take Russia to mobilize. Their plan to
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the excuse to boil over the top and go to war. Nationalism (the strong belief that your nation is better than others) directly led to the war because of the desire of the Slavic people in Bosnia and Herzegovina to no longer be part of Austria-Hungary but instead by part of Serbia. It was probably one of the more obvious causes of war because it lead to militarism and imperialism. Many people in positions of power who especially had influence on the media were nationalist and followed what is said
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