principle. He wanted Austria to punish Serbia. He thought that he world would be sympathetic about it. Germany was responsible for the outbreak of world war I because Germany did not fully explain what did the
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military in order to feel a sense of protection. The main cause of WW1 was the attack against Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Austria-Hungary had control over Serbia‚ and Serbs did not like this. The Black Hand‚ a Serbian terrorist group‚ wanted Serbia to be free from Austria-Hungary’s rule. This caused WW1 because the nationalism in the Black Hand drove them to attack Ferdinand in order to try and gain back Serbia’s control in its land. The goal of
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his latest addition to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs resented Austrian rule and sought the protection of independent Serbia. It was one of these Bosnian Serb groups‚ the Black Hand‚ that assassinated the Crown Prince‚ Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Austria‚ egged on by her German allies‚ quickly sent Serbia an ultimatum and declared war on the 28th July 1914. A few days later‚ on August 1st‚ Germany declared war on Russia - seen as the champion of the Slav cause
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these countries to gain resources from them‚ but also for influential reasons. They wanted to influence the satellite states which were strategically and militarily important to their empire. An example of this is Austria-Hungary’s desire to control Serbia alongside Russia’s desire to spread nationalism in the Balkans and gain control of the Straits. This resulted in a conflict between these two empires and contributed to international tensions because both empires wanted more power in the Balkans.
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On June 28‚ 1914 the archduke or Austria and his wife visited the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina. During their visit there was two attempts on taking the archduke’s life by the Serbian militants. The first attempt was they threw a bomb at the car the archduke’s were arriving in town in. But obviously the bomb bounced off the car and failed to injure the archduke’s. Later the same day the archdukes were on the way to the hospital to visit an officer who had got hurt by the bomb incident early
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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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Causes of World War 1 Vocab Term Definition Significance 1. Kaiser William II He was the emperor of Germany. He became emperor after his father died in March 1880‚ dismissing Bismarck from being chancellor of Germany. Kaiser William II is significant because he played a big role in the causes of WW1. He was very into making Germany powerful and to have Germany in “its rightful place in the sun”. Because of his very pro-Germany actions‚ it caused the other European powers to worry that
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assassination by the Black Hand a Serbian 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
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Serbian government and the “Black Hand Movement”. On the same day‚ Serbia denied any responsibility for the assassination. After this‚ the Austrian-Hungarian government assured itself of German Support on the 5th of July 1914 through the diplomat count Hoyos by sending a letter to Berlin which stated that it was almost sure that the Serbian Government was involved in the assassination. It also implied Austria-Hungary’s will to crush Serbia militarily in order to
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Causes of World War One World War One was a global war in Europe fought from 1914 to 1918. It was a war between Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia and the United States and Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy and Serbia. Not only was it certain people or places that caused the war but also some events and situations. This included the allying of nations‚ the act of imperialism‚ the growth of militarism‚ and the Balkan crisis. One of the underlying causes of world war one was the allying of nations
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