Explain the Causes of World War One Introduction In this essay I am going to explain the long term and the short term causes of World War Ones or as others call it the War to end All Wars. I am going to divide my essay in to categories‚(Long term causes and short term causes)‚ and then in each category I will list the causes in order of importance‚(the most important being at the top‚ and the least at the bottom and so on‚ so fourth). I will make it clear all the way through my essay‚ which cause
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South Slavs without any mercy‚ the Serbian Government had still sent their condolences and offered all the help they could give. This showed how the Serbian government clearly wanted to keep peace with Austria-Hungary and had not wanted this to cause any more tension then there already was. Since Austria-Hungary is known as one of the central
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but also lay in the powder keg that ignited the war. In addition‚ “the keg” included nationalism and the alliance system‚ whose occupations imparted on the wide grasp of war as well. With such tensions beginning to multiply‚ the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s leader provided the perfect spark to ignite the keg of total warfare. Perhaps the second most significant factor in the beginning of World War I‚ in its own right‚ nationalism was the pride
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local European war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia on July 28‚ 1914. It was transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of war against Russia on August 1‚ 1914 and eventually became a global war involving 32 nations. Twenty - eight of these nations‚ known as the Allies and the Associated Powers‚ and including Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ and the United States‚ opposed the coalition known as the Central Powers‚ consisting of Germany‚ Austria - Hungary‚ Turkey‚ and Bulgaria
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Belgium‚ Greece‚ Portugal and Montenegro Fact 4 - The countries of the Central Powers included Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Turkey and Bulgaria Fact 5 - World War 1 was triggered on 28 June 1914 by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie Fact 6 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary Fact 7 - The assassination took place in in Sarajevo‚ the capital of the Austro-Hungarian
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Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia. There were many causes as to why the war started. One of the long term causes was the tensions between the countries of Europe‚ for example the conflicts between Britain and Germany and Russia and Austria-Hungary. However there was one short term cause which invoked all the existing tensions to break out in war‚ the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There were five Great Powers in Europe in 1914‚ Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Germany and Austria-Hungary
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the First World War occur. At that time‚ Austria-Hungary was waiting for a reason to attack Serbia‚ but without a reason‚ Germany‚ which is an ally of Austria-Hungary‚ wouldn’t have follow them into attacking Serbia. Austria-Hungary was already waiting for revenge for a long time; they wanted their old land back‚ which the Serbian had taken from them a long time ago. When Franz Ferdinand got killed by a group of terrorist called “The Black Hand”‚ Austria Hungary knew that it was the Serbian‚ and
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war started 96 years ago and ended 92 years ago. Yet today after so much time the main cause of the war still remains unexposed to this day. What triggered the whole war was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie of Austria-Hungary on June 28th 1914 by The Black Hand. The assassination happened because of feelings toward the Serbians. The Archduke and his wife were on a parade route in their car during their visit to Sarajevo. Many assassins were lined up to take
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Different types of causes‚ long-term causes and immediate causes for WW1. Long Term: Mutual Defense Alliances * Russia and Serbia (Russia joined in first after war started between Austria-hungary and serbi‚ Russia was Serbias alliance‚ we can say Serbia triggererd the chain reaction) * Germany and Austria-Hungary * France and Russia * Britain and France and Belgium * Japan and Britain Imperialism - Imperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by bringing
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1: World war one was sparked by the assignation of archduke Francis Ferdinand. The political objective of the assassination was to break Austria- Hungary’s south- Slav provinces off so they could be combined into a great Serbia. Both sides of the group believed it would be a quick war of many resources. 2: Russia become involved in WWI after Austria declared war against Serbia‚ because Russia had made itself the guardian of all Slavic and/or Eastern Orthodox peoples‚ particularly the south-slaves
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