Which was the more important reason for the outbreak of the First World War in 1914: The Moroccan Crises in 1905 and 1911 or the Assassination at Sarajevo 1914? I think that the Assassination at Sarajevo was a more important reason for the outbreak of war because it triggered the war. It was because of the Assassination at Sarajevo that led directly to the outbreak of war. Morocco was one of the few places in Africa that hadn’t been colonised by a European Power. France was trying to gain control
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Introduction: Before WW1‚ countries in Europe were going through industrial revolutions‚ many parts of Asia‚ South America and Africa had been colonised and world wealth was centred in Europe because of mass trading throughout the world. Many events‚ incidents and tension points led to the eruption of our very first world war. But the main trigger was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the throne of the Empire of Austria-Hungary) on the 28 June 1914. One of the many causes
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Two Major Military Alliances By Shannai Sloan The real cause of world war one was the existence of two major military alliances. An alliance is a union or association formed for mutual benefit‚ especially between countries or organisations. As all the major European countries were apart of one of the two alliances‚ any conflict between countries could cause an outbreak in war between them all. Firstly‚ with Europe being split in half with the two alliances it caused suspicion and fear between
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during Ferdinand’s visit to Sarajevo‚ Princip was caught on the scene. A chain of events ensued after the incident. When Germany provided the “Blank Cheque” to Austria-Hungary‚ she was cleared to send an ultimatum consisting of three harsh terms to Serbia‚ which Serbia’s refusal led to the World War I. As it seemed‚ to some people‚ that this incident caused the immediate outbreak of the war‚ I would say yes‚ and no. In the following paragraphs‚ I am going to explain‚ to what extent did the Sarajevo
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Archduke but failed. In the end‚ Gavrilo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination was used to scare the Austrians out of Bosnia; this way‚ Serbia can take over Bosnia. Austria blames Serbia for the death of the Archduke; therefore they declared war on Serbia. Because of the alliance system‚ Russia gets ready to help Serbia. Also because of Imperialism‚ there has already been tension and jealous between nations‚ they used this opportunity to get
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Many historians have disputed over the origins of World War I‚ who started it‚ who is to blame for the outbreak of the war? And there are no accurate answers to the questions. To support the statement "Germany was responsible for the outbreak of World War I" to a full extent is impossible. First of all the war was never a World War until much later (arguably not until us intervention in April 1917)‚ second there were many other factors and countries involved in the outbreak of World War I. First
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I’m going to explain why there were tensions between countries in Europe and why they led to war in 1914. For years before 1914‚ tension had been building in Europe. One cause of tension was overseas colonies. For example Germany and France clashed over in Morocco‚ between 1905 and 1911. This started by France who wanted to have more colonies in Africa. As Germany disliked this idea and wanted to test the “alliance” between France and Britain‚ he decided to support Morocco’s independence. His only
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met and formed two more countries‚ Montenegro and Serbia‚ and gave Austria the control of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia still wanted to form a new nation‚ Yugoslavia that would be comprised of Serbia‚ Montenegro and Bosnia (Etty 42). Austria opposed this due the amount of Russian influence in Serbia. In 1908 Austria made a political maneuver that would prove costly by deciding it wanted to own Bosnia-Herzegovina to prevent an invasion from Serbia‚ so they annexed it‚ making it part of their own empire
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intervention of armed forces from both Serbia and Croatia on the sides of their respective co-ethnic forces (Turns 2007). With the internationally recognised government of the new republic in Muslim hands‚ nationalistic elements in the Serbian component of the population started fighting against the Bosnian
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Ferdinand in June 1914? One of the reasons why international tension increased in Europe in the period 1912 to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1912 was because the Balkan States were fed up of being owned by the Ottomans‚ so Serbia‚ Greece‚ Bulgaria‚ and Montenegro came together and formed the Balkan League and decided to attack them. This was the first Balkan War. In just 3 weeks the Balkan League had pushed the Ottoman Empire as far back as Adrianople in Turkey. This increased
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