their actions. Because of this a chain reaction soon occurred. After Austria-Hungary declares war Russia declares war then Germany then France. After that Britain joined France and Russia to form the triple entente while the Germans‚ Austro Hungarians‚Italians and the Ottomans or Turks formed the triple alliance. These
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The Controversial Verdict: Was it Fair to Place the War Guilt Solely on Germany’s Shoulders? Candice Wei Wang Social Studies 11 Block B November 2‚ 2012 The Controversial Verdict: Was it Fair to Place the War Guilt Solely on Germany’s Shoulders? One of the most traumatizing bloodsheds in human history‚ the First World War left all of its combatants in pain and grief. Germany‚ in particular‚ bore the most afterwar consequence; the Treaty of Versailles placed full
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It lasted from July 28‚ 1914 until November 11‚ 1918. The main trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria along with more things. For example‚ the Triple Entente also triggered the war. The countries in the Triple Entente were Great Britain‚ Russia‚ and France. This resulted in Russia going to war with Austria. Another one of the causes was nationalism. Nationalism basically showed the loyalty that someone had for its country and some
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Austria permission to attack Serbia stating that they would help aid their attack on Serbia as they wanted the war to happen sooner rather than later. This is because they knew Russia was growing stronger and they were feeling encircled by the Triple Entente which was the alliances between Britain‚ France and Russia and they clearly felt threatened due to where they are placed geographically. Bethmann also writes in the source that Germany “built a battle fleet aimed at the British” which implies
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To what extent did the Sarajevo Assassination cause the outbreak of World War I? The Sarajevo incident that occurred in 1914 served as the direct cause of the WWI. It was an unprecedented attack on the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ who were being shot by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb extremist; during Ferdinand’s visit to Sarajevo‚ Princip was caught on the scene. A chain of events ensued after the incident. When Germany provided the “Blank
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important reason was the Alliance System. One of the main causes of the Great War was the Alliance System; this was a long-term cause. These alliances formed for protection and revenge. The 2 main alliances in Europe at this time were the Triple Entente‚ including Great Britain‚ France and Russia. The Tripe Alliance: Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary. Each member of the alliances guaranteed to help its allies if a country in the other alliance attacked them. The Alliance System led to the outbreak
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Why did the world go to war in 1914? In 28 July 1914‚ the war started which created over 37 million casualties and put people through blood‚ fear‚ which later named as World War 1 the war took 4 years‚ 3 months and 1 week‚ leaving memory to people during the world that they will never forget with the unpleasant sequel. Even though the war ended 1918‚ which is 96 years from now‚ but still there are a lot of hypothesis‚ theories‚ and even conspiracy theory about why did the world go to war in 1914
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Africa that hadn’t been colonised by a European Power. France was trying to gain control of Morocco and as part of the Entente Cordial‚ Britain agreed not to oppose the French. Germany was behind other countries on the size of the empire so they decided to oppose France’s attempts to gain control of Morocco. Germany wanted to show off as Morocco’s protector and test the Entente Cordiale. In 1905 the Kaiser went to Tangier to give a speech about Moroccan Independence and wanted to hold a conference
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S. and the Entente to succeed in the war‚ but propaganda greatly influenced this. The U.S. created so much propaganda to give Americans the courage to fight or help in any way they could‚ but also scare their enemies. After joining the war‚ many important things occurred. The Espionage Act was passed‚ the Bolshevik Revolution happened‚ where Vladimir Lenin took over Russia‚ the Russian Civil War‚ and finally the end of the war. The U.S. joining the war effort finally gave the Entente the last push
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Alliances also were a major impact on the ignition for World War 1. The chancellor in Germany‚ Bismarck‚ wanted peace with his neighbours instead of France to maintain the status quo for a safer Germany. Bismarck created the Three Emperors League in 1873 between Russia‚ Austria-Hungary(AH) and Germany – to retain peace with the neighbouring countries. However‚ it caused tension with France and later on Russia left due to their own dispute involving the Balkan War. In 1879‚ a dual alliance was formed
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