July 28‚1914 was the day Franz Ferdinand was killed by Gavrilo Princip the leader of The black hand terrorist group located and from serbia‚ Princip later on after killing Franz went into prison and rotted in a jail cell because he was not the old enough for him to be death trailed . This group assassinated Ferdinand because he was the next in line to rule the Austrian Hungarian Empire‚ However there were other cause that got the war going and started. The number one cause of the war was the
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During the year 1788‚ the Austrian army was at war with the Ottoman Empire. On September 17‚ 1788‚ the Austrian army‚ of about 100‚000 soldiers set up camp in the town of Karánsebes (present-day Romania). Once camp was set‚ Hussars were sent to scout out the surrounding area to see if any Turks were nearby. No Turks were spotted; what they did find however were a group of Gypsies selling schnapps (liquor). The Hussars bought barrels of the stuff and then proceeded to get drunk. It wasn’t long after
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans‚ and Militarism. The leading cause of the beginning of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It happened in June 1914 by a group that went by the name of the Black Hand. With a failed first attempt to kill him and his wife they walked with caution for the remainder of the day‚ until a successful second attempt managed to kill him. With him and his wife dead everyone went into panic‚
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World War 1 is the war that was fought in Europe and spanned for almost five years‚ toward the end of WW1 they considered as a part of the military staff that were influenced by the new progressions of innovation‚ more than 9 million individuals passed on from the definitive new strategies on both of these sides. One of the new items that was presented was the mustard gas. This kind of overwhelming weapon was equipped for spraying so as to execute anyone in a long meter range fuel in each heading
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1 The ww1 was devastating because of the twentieth-century technology they used all kind of the technology. They had powerful guns and artillery and the mobility of the roads made it stronger so they could defend themselves they even used airplanes on the battlefield. They made all kind of modern weapons but the most destructive weapon was the barbed wire it would sting the soldiers from the other army they would become tangled in the wire easy for the other soldiers to kill the soldiers from the
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But the effects of WW1 on America were wide-ranging covering the political‚ economic and social impact the Great War had on the United States. Unlike the countries of Europe‚ the factories and home of the US had not been destroyed. Manufacturing‚ production and efficiency
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Germans introduced the use chemical gasses as an weapon in war. Poison gas was the most feared out of all technology weapons in WW1. The gasses could burn skin‚ blind‚ or destroy your lungs if you happen to breathed in. Back then they had crude face masks to protect people in war from the poisonous gas floating in the air. Poison gas was easier during WW1 all they had to do was throw the poisonous gas bomb. “ A poison gas attack meant soldiers having to put on crude gas masks
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known as World War 1. WW1 had been going on since June 28‚1914 to November 11‚1918. The two sides of the war were fought by the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The Triple Entente had consisted of Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia. The Triple Alliance had consisted of Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ and Italy. WW1’s end was when the United States had joined the Triple Entente and sent thousands of fresh soldiers to Europe and destroyed Germany’s soldiers. There were many ways WW1 had started. A couple
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Franz Ferdinand: In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was a trigger for WW1‚ but imperialism‚ nationalism‚ militarism and alliances were the major causes of WW1. Many countries had strong interest to expand their empire by colonizing smaller countries. A good example of this was the colonization of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary‚ which eventually led to the killing of Franz Ferdinand. While imperialists felt that they had the right to colonize other countries
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There are differing historical perspectives regarding the causes of World War One‚ these causes include‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ and nationalism. Imperialism was a major contributing factor to the start of WW1. Tensions between Germany‚ Britain‚ and France grew throughout the years prior to WW1 due to the vast amount of land France and Britain had acquired. Imperialism also led to certain political alliances such the triple entente and the triple alliance. Germany
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