Is Germany to blame for WW1 and to what extent? –Marya Atassi By the end of World War 1‚ during the Peace negotiation‚ everyone looked for someone to blame for the damage. Therefore fingers were pointed at Germany since it was the easiest to blame after it being defeated. In the treaty of Versailles‚ victorious countries agreed that Germany is to take responsibilty of all the "loss and damage" as Article 231 states. That is not fair though‚ because Germany was not the only country to attack
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Cited: Brook-Shepherd‚ Gordon. Archduke of Sarajevo: The Romance and Tragedy of Franz Ferdinand of Austria. 1st Ed. Boston: Little‚ Brown and Company‚ 1984. Cirkovic‚ Sima M. The Serbs. Oxford‚ U.K: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.‚ 2004. Coetzee‚ Frans‚ Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee. World War I & European Society: A Sourcebook. Lexington‚ Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company‚ 1995. Habib‚ Henri. Class Lectures. History of the World: 1900-1945
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that wanted the unification of the South Slavs‚ and independence from Austria-Hungary. On July 23‚ 1914‚ Serbia was sent a list of ultimatums‚ some so extreme that the Serbs rejected the sixth demand. The Serbians‚ relying on support from Russia‚ removed acceptance of the sixth key demand (the draft reply had accepted it)‚ and the Serb nation mobilized its troops. In response to this‚ Austria-Hungary issued a declaration of war on July 28. Initially‚ Russia ordered partial mobilization‚ directed at
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From 1871 to 1814‚ European great powers such as France‚ Germany or England‚ but also other European countries‚ did not encounter any major wars. Indeed‚ the only military action was taking place in the non Western world with wars of conquest in Africa for instance. Nevertheless‚ this long period of peace was not as stable as it may seem: some tensions rose between countries in Western Europe‚ creating new alliances‚ and several crises in the Balkans could have quickly led to a major war. Finaly
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and stir up trouble of the other powers. The Pan-Slavism‚ it was aimed at Russia control over Constantinople and the Straits. It contradicted with Pan-Germanism and provoked the wars in Balkan. The Greater-Serbian Movement‚ it aimed to liberate the Serb peoples still within Austria-Hungary and Turkey. It increased the
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“By the early twentieth century‚ nationalism in southeastern Europe was on the rise.” (McKay 835) Serbia was eager to build a state that would include all ethnic Serbs and was thus openly hostile to Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire‚ since both states included Serbian minorities within their borders. To block Serbian expansion‚ Austria took Bosnia and Herzegovina and this made Austria-Hungary have larger population
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of people dying. For instance‚ in 1994‚ more than 500‚000 people were killed in just three months in Rwanda. The Rwandan government used the ethnic Hutu militia to kill as many Tutsis as possible‚ which was a clear case of genocide. When Bosnian Serbs launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bosnian Muslims in the early 1990s‚ the violence continued
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How important were the great power rivalries as a cause of the First World War? There has been much debate amongst historians about what the decisive factors leading to the First World War were. In early 1914 relations across Europe appeared stable: Anglo-German naval tensions looked to be improving and countries seemed to want to avoid war as it was expensive and would damage trade routes. For example‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia avoided war in 1912 and 1913. Within this essay I am going to weigh
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Serbs had experienced inferior status and economic pressure under the Ottomans’ rule. The spread of nationalism had increased their sense of national identity and the remembrance of their glorious history. This encouraged their opposition towards Ottomans’ rules‚ the Serbian Revolution. The First Serbian Uprising gained the Serbs a decade of freedom and independent government but the uprising was eventually crushed by the Ottomans. Having enjoyed political freedom and patriotism‚ the Serbs rebelled
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eulogies and sermons written by religious figures portraying Lazar as “God’s favored servant” (Emmert‚ 62). With that in mind‚ the historical memory aspect of Prince Lazard’s martyrdom paired with the collective memory of avenging Kosovo for the Serbs fuel the present-day political elite agenda of claiming Kosovo as Serbian territory. Without a doubt‚ the use of collective memory and historical memory can defend a nation’s political
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