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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but pride. Finally‚ it blew up with the assassination of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand in the 28th of June. While Franz Ferdinand was on his way to examine Serbia‚ he was assassinated by the Serbian nationalist (Sowards). In response to this action‚ Austrian angrily announced an ultimatum to Serbia‚ which strictly demanded Serbia to end all anti-Austrian agitation and punish any Serbian official whoever involved in the murder plot. However‚ the refusal of the demand gives many extreme nations
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crisis. The annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina happened because the Austro-Hungarian government felt threatened. The Treaty of Berlin in 1878 allowed Austria-Hungary to occupy and run Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina both bordered Serbia‚ therefore‚ a big part of the population were Serbs. This is why the Serbian government hoped to ‘win’ Bosnia and Herzegovina. It would mean they would have more land as well as more nationalists. Events happening in the Turkish Empire made the government
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Prior to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ and the beginning of World War I‚ Russia had struggled as a nation. Following the embarrassing loss of the Russo-Japanese war in 1905‚ and the losses by their ally‚ Serbia‚ in both the Balkan Wars and the crisis in Bosnia‚ Russia could not handle another loss. Shortly after their defeat by Japan‚ Tsar Nicholas II was forced to reform due to a failed revolution. Although the revolution was technically a failure‚ the advancements made
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decided that if Serbia wouldn’t agree to some terms they would have no choice but to fight. So when Austria declared war on Serbia (July 28‚ 1914) a list of alliances was called into effect when they had to assist other countries that they were in alliance with. This was the spark that ultimately started the First World War. It is also thought that the alliance system caused more problems than it helped with‚ because without this system this war would have just stayed between Serbia and Austria.
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but a mere trigger of a domino effect. The assassination immediately led to Imperialism of Austria-Hungary over Serbia. It was demanded that Serbia allow the assassins to be released to be punished adequately by Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary immediately sought an ally with Germany‚ assuming war would follow after their demands of Serbia. Austria-Hungary and Germany declared war on Serbia on July 28‚ 1914. The declarations of war were chain reactions in themselves. In defense because of war looking
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something‚ you have to lose something. Every war has causes to start. Different wars‚ different causes. World War I was a conflict between the Allied Powers (France‚ Russia‚ Serbia‚ Great Britain and Italy) and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ and the Ottoman Empire). (Document#3) Austria sent Serbia an ultimatum to stop all anti-Austrian activity. And then World War I began because of M.A.I.N. M.A.I.N. stands for militarism‚ alliance system‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism
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started as a nearby European war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia on July 28th 1914. It transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of the following nations known as the ’Allies’ and the ’Associated Powers’; Great britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and the United states. These nations defied the coalition(central powers). The assassination at Sarajevo in bosnia immediately caused the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia on June 28th 1914. The Triple Entente was involved in the
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in World War l‚ the main reason why it started is because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. This was caused by an ethnic Serbian who had been supported by a nationalist organization in Serbia. The crisis escalated as the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia came to involve Russia‚ Germany‚ France‚ Belgium and Great Britain.
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Italy switched sides in 1915 affecting Austria-Hungary. Russia and Serbia had a special ethnic tie because both countries had Slavic populations. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in July 1914. Serbia Shared frontier with Austria-Hungary such as Russia‚ so if Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia‚ Russia would go into defense and on the other hand was Germany‚ if Russia attacked Austria-Hungary‚ Germany would attack Russia‚ and if
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