On July 28th‚ 1914‚ Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ a young Serb with nothing to lose in life. This set out a spark that sent the world into the war to end all wars‚ which ended in countless casualties. Many of the participating countries predicted the war would end by Christmas of 1914. But in December of 1914 countries were still at war with one another and soldiers were still on the front lines in deep muddy trenches. The war did not stop the soldiers
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World War 1 started in 1914 where Germany where blamed of causing it. This essay will be explaining if it was really Germany their fault of causing World War 1 and if it was inevitable. There were early signs in Europe that World War was going to come. In Blackadder Goes Forth‚ Baldrick opined that the war began when ’Arch Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry’. His garbled version of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary reflects popular opinion: that the issues
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World War 1 was a military conflict involving European nations‚ and other nations across the world‚ which lasted from August 1914 to November 1918. It was first centered in Europe between the nations and the tensions between Serbia and Austria. Many innocent citizens died during this significant war. The major causes of World War I are militarism: building up an army and weapons to be prepared for wars‚ alliances: close association of nations‚ imperialism: one nation controlling another‚ and nationalism:
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The main causes of World War 1 By isla Parren 9G The main cause of World War 1 World War 1 is one of the main events in history starting in 1914 and coming to a close at 1918‚ but the funny thing is knows one really sure how World War 1 started. Many historian still argue today about how it started and why it started but they all agree on multiply causes. Many people believe it was the alliance system that was main course of world war. Many people do believe there was three main reason World War
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History is often a quilt of information that is not always stitched together properly‚ but in the time period from 1914-1918 it is clear that world war one was caused by a single country‚ Germany. Evidence of this comes from the fact that Germany believed that war was inevitable‚ they were in the process of designing military strategies for a war prior to Austria-Hungary having any hostility towards Serbia‚ and tried to pressure countries into unwanted treaties. There is information to suggest that
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World War One During a time of mass killings and violence‚ about 20 million people died from all different parts of the world. Multiple nations joined in the battle between the triple entente and the triple alliance that ended in destruction. These nations included Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Austria‚ Sweden‚ Turkey‚ etc. Throughout the multiple years of war‚ they used tanks‚ airplanes‚ machine guns‚ along with other deadly weapons to kill so many people. The war officially started about one month after
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World War 1 was a tragic event that happened in the early 1900’s. Many people lost their family members and friends. Most may think that Serbia caused World War 1 by assassinating Austria’s archduke‚ but others may say different. Germany caused World War 1 because of the actions they did during this time. Germany caused World War 1 in many ways‚ and here is one. Germany and France were arguing over foreign lands. They argued over the land of Morocco and even and even fought a battle against each
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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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World War 1 did not begin until 1914‚ but its roots date back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. During these times Europeans were rising in achievement in many areas including science‚ agriculture‚ industry‚ and the arts. With these accomplishments‚ there was an unfortunate build up of jealousy‚ hatred‚ and competition between European nations. So many of these cases existed that World War 1 was truly inevitable. The basic causes were nationalism‚ imperialism‚ and militarism‚ which all brought
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World War One Not long after the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand World War I started. World War one happened because of the many European alliances that caused them to go to war. Not long after the assassination of the Archduke world war one started. World War one happened because of the many European alliances that caused them to go to war. Austria gained the support of Germany and then Austria declared war on Serbia. When Serbia’s ally Russia learned of Austria’s military mobilization
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