Underlying Causes of WW1 With 2 shots fired the Archduke of Austria was dead‚ causing World War 1‚ yet the true cause was much deeper. World War 1 lasted four years from 1914 to 1918. It was the bloodiest war the world had ever seen and to this day is the deadliest war with 10‚000‚000 dead in twice that wounded. What were the underlying causes of World War 1? First of all what does underlying mean underline is the unseen cause or bases of something. The three underlying causes of World War 1 were
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group will have a common factor of race‚ language‚ culture or religion. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ the Austrian Archduke during the time of 1914‚ sparked off an already existing conflict between Austria and Serbia. The force of Nationalism influenced this conflict between Serbia and Austria due to the nationalistic views of the Serbian people. The conflict that occurred on the 28th June 1914 was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand. While he and his wife were visiting
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Many people use the acronym “M. A. N. I. A.” to remember these causes. The immediate cause of World War I is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand because a Serbian Black Hand member assassinated the Archduke‚ it made Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia‚ and Germany and Russia got involved because they were allies with those countries. Furthermore‚ the person who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was Gavrilo Princip. The Black Hand group originally planned
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Austria-Hungary was an unstable empire made of 11 different countries and many Serbians living inside it wanted to leave and join Serbia. Serbia doubled in size during the First and Second Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and on 28th June 1914‚ the Black Hand Gang led by Gavrilo Princip attempted to kill the Austria-Hungarian heir. Despite it not going quite according to plan‚ the Archduke was still killed and a month later‚ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Because
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Versailles‚ Germany was forced to take full blame for causing the war. Although Germany played a large role in encouraging Austria-Hungary’s initial actions‚ Serbia and Austria-Hungary bore the biggest responsibility for initiating the conflicts to come. Serbia deserved the greatest blame for the outbreak of WWI. Their backing of the Black Hand terrorists was very reckless. Austria-Hungary was only a little less responsible based on it’s over-reaction to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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form a type of ‘friendship’ where if one country is in trouble‚ the other/others would step in and help. The two main alliances were the Triple Entente‚ which consisted of France‚ Britain and Russia‚ and the Triple Alliance of Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary. The Triple Entente‚ formed in 1907‚ remained strong as ever even when Germany tried to sever their bonds in an argument with France over Morocco. Additionally‚ Russia and Germany signed unofficial secret ‘reassurance treaties’ though it
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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 of WW1 for various reasons; there were often suspicion amongst the alliances‚ it could lead to unnecessary tension and fear. For example‚ Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary were very close together
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Austria and its allies‚ ultimately leading to war on a global scale. Within this political firestorm‚ Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Nationalism grew at an astounding rate. European countries came to feel that expanding their territory was vital to winning the war. In addition to the desire for more territory‚ countries used their military might to foster a new sense of Nationalism. World War One ended on November 11‚ 1918. The initial event that sparked this global war was the assassination Archduke
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of the South Slavs‚ of the Balkan peoples. Our whole race must stand together to halt the onslaught of these aliens from the north.” Serbia wanted to be strong and Powerful. They had so much pride that it led them to assassinate the archduke of Austria-Hungary. But before they did‚ they prepared. Militarism is a policy of maintaining a strong military organization in aggressive preparedness for war. In 1898‚ Germany began to build up it’s navy. Document 8 is a speech to the Reichstag from Prince
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Militarism in countries and Alliances between great powers and world leaders‚ the immediate cause was the assassination of the Archduke of Austria. What happened during this assassination was nothing less than fate. Every piece was in place. A group called the Black Hand were hired by Siberian nationalists to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Everything was ready‚ the Archduke’s car was pulling up and one of the assassin’s‚ Cabrinovic‚ threw the bomb that was planned to kill the
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