there finally achieved independence and stability but they never united as one whole Pan Slavic nation‚ with Russia as their leader. Since Russia wanted to put out the revolutions brought on due to its defeat from war with Japan‚ it decided to defend Serbia in the war with Austria Hungary so it could achieve its Pan Slavic pretensions and gain power once again.
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of their country to include places outside Serbia that had ethnic Serbian populations living in them‚ what they want is a bigger country they will call ’Greater Serbia’ this will include places like Croatia‚ Bosnia‚ Kosovo‚ Montenegro‚ and would mean taking chunks out of other neighboring countries like Romania. They want all the Serbian people to live together in one country‚ but they don’t want these people to move to the current Serbia they want Serbia to take over the countries that these people
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League of Nations. (more...) Belligerents Allied (Entente) Powers France British Empire Australia Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand South Africa United Kingdom Russia (1914–17) Italy (1915–18) United States (1917–18) Serbia Romania (1916–18) Japan Belgium Greece (1917–18) Portugal (1916–18) ...and others Central Powers German Empire Baden Bavaria Prussia Saxony Württemberg Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria (1915–18) Co-belligerents
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Why Did War Break Out In 1914? There are several reasons why war broke out in 1914. Reasons such as revenge and jealousy influenced the outbreak of war majorly and in the important events leading up to the war such as the Moroccan crises‚ the Bosnian crisis and the Balkan Wars‚ the concepts Nationalism‚ Militarism‚ Imperialism and Alliances were seen. These events could either be categorised into short term or long term causes. An example of a short term cause that led to the outbreak of war in
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WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR?? While there were quite a few events that led to fighting‚ the actual causes of the war are fairly deeper. The major causes of the First World War were: the Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ Nationalism and how all this had increased tension between the powers of Europe which were: Britain‚ France‚ Russia (Triple Entente) and Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy (Triple Alliance). The minor causes of the war were: the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ Franz Ferdinand
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assassination of Ferdinand was different. July 23‚ Austro Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum‚ a set of final conditions that must be accepted to avoid the consequences like war. The ultimatum demanded that the Austro Hungarian officials enter to Serbia to investigate the assassination of the Archduke‚ Serbia had 48 hours to accept that or they will face war. By august the major European powers were at war with each other. Serbia was not ready for war with Austro Hungary but they didn’t want to accept
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World war one was a war that created new ways to fight and new countries to develop‚ but what really needs to be addressed is what caused all this happen. With militarism‚ imperialism‚ and alliances came the two other indirect factors‚ which were threats and tension. Mobilization in countries increased tension and threats throughout the world. Tension had been developing over the years between different countries and this war had come to settle it. Major European nations were the start of this all
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Kaiser Wilhelm II’s aggressive foreign policy of “weltpolitik” was aimed to establish Germany as global power. Germany’s attempts to play a greater role in Europe and not be isolated in Germany‚ ultimately failed and led to a World War . The juxtaposition of the actions as result of “weltpolitick” of Kaiser Wilhelm II and alliances support Germany’s responsibility for causing the First World War. In 1890‚ Germany shifted from Otto Van Bismarck’s foreign policy of “realpolitik” to Kaiser Wilhelm’s
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What the Germans really resented was article 231 of the Treaty‚ which said Germany had to take full blame for the war. Reasons why the Germens were right: • Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of A-H (Austria Hungary) was killed by Serbia‚ and A-H gave Serbia an Ultimatum‚ which Serbia refused and A-H declared
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not only the archduke‚ but also his wife‚ and their heir. Doing so plunged Serbia into a war in an attempt to gain freedom from Austria-Hungary. While the assassination of a ruler is terrible‚ it was nothing new. However‚ in the newer ages‚ major alliances had been formed. As such‚ when the Serbians killed the archduke of the Austria-Hungarians‚ they declared war on Serbia. However‚ Russia had an alliance with Serbia‚ pulling it into the fight. When Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary‚ Germany’s
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