The first World War‚ The Great War‚ or what many like to call it‚ was an avoidable war that cost millions of military and civilian lives. The blood of both sides‚ mixed in the dirt and mud that soaked the uniforms of the sick troops‚ taking cover in trenches‚ praying to God that they aren’t the ones to be bombed by the next mortar incoming; this barely scratches the surface when describing “The Great War”. World war 1 had many opportunities to end‚ however even if it didn’t‚ it a least gave everyone
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time period there were 10 million deaths. When the Serbians assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Austria-Hungary viewed this as a threat. Germany decided to help out Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia was allies with Serbia‚ which meant Russia‚ had to help defend Serbia‚ and it became a much bigger deal which included the acronym M-A-I-N. Imperialism Imperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territories under their control. Before World War I‚ Africa
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World War I‚ also known as the Great war‚ the First World War‚ and the War to End All Wars‚ was a global battle originating in Europe‚ that lasted from July 28‚ 1914 to November 11‚ 1918. With this war‚ there was a variety of events that had to take place in order for it to begin. The three main causes of the First World War were the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. One of the predominant causes of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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What were the geopolitical realities of Europe at the end of the 19th century? What alliances were the result? What destabilized the alliance system? Between 1870 and 1914‚ European states were locked in a competition within Europe for territorial dominance and control. In the years 1871 to 1914‚ European diplomacy involved an increasingly precarious balance of power. The politics of geography combined with rising nationalist movements in southern Europe and the Ottoman Empire to create an increasingly
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Why did the United States enter World War One. The industrial era had many effects‚ not the least of which was plunging the world into world war. One must consider the relationship between eras and events as a student of history. The industrial era created a perceived need in America for raw materials and markets for goods. The United States was not alone in this desire for expansion. All the industrial nations were in open competition to develop vast empires that would provide them with the fuel
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Having enjoyed political freedom and patriotism‚ the Serbs rebelled again. The Second Serbian Uprising drove the Ottomans out of Serbian territories. Serbia expanded their lands into the territory of Ottoman Empire. Losing the wars‚ Ottomans granted Serbian Principality that eventually led to the formal independence of Serbia in 1878. In both Serbia and Greece‚ their revolutions were sparked by the spread of nationalism and had caused significant wear and damage to the Ottoman Empire’s military through
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states for their role in acts of Genocide. Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro Brief history 1From 1992 to 1995 the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina experienced a war of genocide proportions between the Bosnian Serbs‚ the Bosnian Croats‚ and the Bosnian Muslims. On February 26 2007‚ in Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 2The Bosnian Genocide Court held that: (1) Serbia violated its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and
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wanted to break free of the Austria-Hungary Empire and have an independent Yugoslavia. This caused the spark of the war because Austria-Hungary found out that Serbia helped to provide some equipment and weapons. So they decided to teach Serbia a lesson by going to war with them and were planning on crushing them but they couldn ’t because Serbia was allied with Russia but they did anyway pulling there ally‚ Germany‚ in and causing the whole conflict to kick off. The death of one royal family member
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Serbia’s on how to handle the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. No other countries were involved in the matter connected with the assassination. Russia and Germany got involved simply because of their objectives to safeguard Austria-Hungary and Serbia‚ respectively. Other countries like Britain‚ France‚ and the Ottoman Empire had almost no interest in the matter. Thus‚ if Russia and Germany had kept out of the matter‚ in simple words‚ the war could have been avoided. The Series of Incidents
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By the outbreak of World War 1 Britain controlled an empire 140 times larger than itself; France controlled an empire 20 times its own size; and Belgium about 80 times its own size. The late 1800s through the early 1900s saw the rapid colonization of Africa by Europeans; this period has been called "the Scramble for Africa". European countries competed for colonies wanting to control them for their vast natural resources and as a market for their goods. Britain had a far stretching empire in the
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