cause of the Great War; two major worldly forces grinding against each other or a single bullet fired by a rebellious Bosnian Serb? The 28th of June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was going to make a speech in Sarajevo‚ a Bosnian city under Austria-Hungary’s rule‚ where the Black Hand (a group of nationalist Bosnian Serbs who wanted independence from the Austrian-Hungarian empire) were preparing to assassinate him. He survived the first assassination attempt‚ but was killed later that day when
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Caribbean Island. France also had a major empire‚ ruling colonies in South America‚ Indochina‚ areas of West Africa‚ India and pacific Islands.[ Jennifer Llewellyn‚ ’Militarism As A Cause For World War I’] This caused other countries such as Germany‚ Austria Hungary‚ and Italy to start and build a colonial empire too. That way‚ imperialism caused conflicts in the territories that were conquered as well as between European nations that were continuously competing for more wealth in the form of colonies
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It is amazing to think about World War 1 or also known as the Great War and what happened during those significant but dreadful events. In this paper I will be explaining what started World War 1‚ who was involved‚ and what happened as an end result. To proceed‚ World War 1 erupted due to the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914)‚ heir of the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918). According to Dr. Benson‚ within a couple of months‚ most
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The newspapers described Princip as a “schoolboy”‚ “a young Serbian patriot”‚ “a mad killer”‚ and an “eighteen-year-old youth”. Princip´s actions were‚ in a way‚ excused by the following: "Gavrilo Princip saw the oppressed position of the Serbs in Austria-Hungary‚ and‚ under the influence of blindness‚ imagined that it was possible to change
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Being a terrorist or freedom fighter truly depends on which side you are. For example the Austro-Hungarians most likely thought Gavrilo Princip was a terrorist because he disturbed their rein of power‚ however to the Serbians‚ Gavrilo was most likely seen as a freedom fighter. Furthermore the best way to decide is to be an un-biased third party. First off looking at the definitions and looking at widely regarded terrorist attack such as 911‚ we look at why Gavrilo attacked. In 911 terrorists attack
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Introduction World War I. Everyone know about it‚ some people even know all lot about it. But what many people don’t know‚ are the reasons why it started. The most obvious and widely accepted reason of the start of the First World War‚ (also known as the Great War‚ especially pre-WWII) is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However‚ while this is still one the causes of World War I‚ it is certainly not the main one. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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Goes Forth‚ Baldrick opined that the war began when ’Arch Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry’. His garbled version of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary reflects popular opinion: that the issues were not worth the ensuing bloodbath. Most modern scholars would not agree. Germany and Austria-Hungary (the Central Powers) are seen‚ at the very least‚ as creating the conditions for conflict. Some go much further‚ blaming Germany for planning and waging a deliberate
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One. To many people it was known as the Great War and seemed to have come out of the blue. Franz’s assassination was the start to it all. Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of Carl Ludwig and the brother of Emperor Franz Josef. Franz was born in Austria in1863. He was educated by private tutors and decided to join the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1883. His military career included service with an infantry regiment in Prague and Hungary. While in the army Franz received several promotions: captain (1885)
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from 1914-1918 it is clear that world war one was caused by a single country‚ Germany. Evidence of this comes from the fact that Germany believed that war was inevitable‚ they were in the process of designing military strategies for a war prior to Austria-Hungary having any hostility towards Serbia‚ and tried to pressure countries into unwanted treaties. There is information to suggest that Germany anticipated a war ever since they themselves became a country. In 1871 “following the defeat of France
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