In document 2‚ there is a map of the alliances. The triple alliance is surrounded by the triple entente. This made the triple alliance very uncomfortable‚ causing them to complain. Then the triple entente started suppling up on military supplies frightening the triple alliance because they would have to fight every corner of their alliance‚ while the triple entente had a country for every side. In document 4‚ there is a quote. The quote is saying who is responsible
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The World War I also known as the Great War‚ was a global war that started out in Europe 1914 and lasted until 1918. Around seven million civilians died and more than nine million combatants died. Among other factors‚ Imperialism lead up to the War‚ which is a policy of extending the authority of an nation over foreign countries and holding dependencies. In which empires were building militarism which was especially important of how a country was run. Also‚ the Industrialism which involved the ability
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Causes of World War I Essay World War I broke out on the 28th June 1914 when a Serbian terrorist group‚ who called themselves the Black Hand‚ assassinated Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne. By the time the war had ended in 1918‚ it had taken the lives of more than nine million soldiers. Ever since‚ historians from all over the world have debated and discussed the reason for not only why and how the war came to pass‚ but the reason for the grand geographic scale of it. One
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these alliances served as a great tool for larger states to take control of smaller ones. The three main alliances during the early nineteenth century were the Triple Entente‚ the Triple Alliance‚ and the Balkans. The Triple Entente‚ an alliance consisting of Britain‚ France and Russia was for political and economic reasons. The Triple Alliance‚ also a three way alliance‚ consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy was formed for the military purpose of stopping French and Russian sentiment
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The importance of the alliance system that developed in Europe in the decades before World War I as a cause for it is still an important topic of debate and argument between modern historians. Some argue that the alliance system was a direct cause of the outbreak of war between all major countries in Europe while other historians prefer to state that the alliance configuration we observe before the war started was simply a symptom of the conflicts and disagreements‚ fears and envies that had been
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agreements that were made by the majority of European powers that committed them to fight if their ally were to ever be threatened. An example of one of these agreements was the Entente Cordialle. Shortly after these treaties were signed‚ it was clear that Europe had been divided into two sides; namely‚ the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. Moreover‚ smaller‚ newly formed countries such as Serbia would ask for the support of their allies if they were ever threatened‚ this meant that what would have
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the countries in the alliances had to be involved as well. Also it made countries nervous that the other countries were preparing for war. The main alliances were the triple alliance and the triple entente. The triple alliance formed in 1882 consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. The other alliance was the triple Entente formed in 1907. This consisted of Great Britain‚ France and Russia. These alliances led to “world” war because when Austria went to war with Serbia the Russians felt obliged
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World War One‚ Germany and Austria-Hungary allied and became became the Triple Alliance or Central Powers Alliance‚ when Italy joined in 1882. Fearful of that alliance; in 1894‚ France made an alliance with Russia‚ and in 1904 France also made an agreement with Britain. It was called the Entente: not a formal alliance‚ but a promise to work together. In 1907‚ Britain made an entente with Russia‚ forming the triple entente which included France‚ Russia‚ and Britain. Unfortunately‚ back then the
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The Pre WW1 Alliances Dreikaiserbund 1872 Also known as the League of the Three Emperors (1872) Bismarck’s aim for forming this League was to isolate France by making friends with Austria and Russia. The partners were Kaiser William I of Germany‚ Czar Alexander II of Russia and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. These three rulers agreed: (i) to maintain the existing territorial arrangements in Europe; (ii) to resist the spread of revolutionary (e.g. socialist) movements; and (iii) to consult one
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Why did war break out in 1914? What was the most important cause? The World War 1 (WW1) breaks out the 28 June 1914 and ended on the 11 November 1918. The WW1 opposed the Triple Entente; France‚ Russia and Britain to the Central Powers; Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. During the 4 years of war other countries joined the war such as; America‚ Turkey‚ Serbia…With all the countries who joined the WW1 c‚ it had caused about 8.5 million deaths and about 21 million wounded. The essay is going to show
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