World War I began with the assassination of‚ Austria-Hungary Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand and his wife in 1914. Even though this did not start the war single handedly it “lit the fuse to the fire” known as The Great War. Militarism‚ imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and alliances played a huge role in the war from beginning to end. Nationalism is a sense of belonging in a country. It involves putting ones country’s needs before any other country. Nationalism was a significant cause to World War I. Prior
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Oswaldo Soto Justin Baker World History 14 December 2017 Causes of World War I There were lots of causes to World War I that happened since 1914 all the way to 1918. The problem of which nation was at fault of causing this awesome war is exceptionally questionable. Not only one nation was to fault. The four primary causes of World War I was militarism‚ government‚ and nationalism. Militarism is the glorification of the military. This was a sentimental see of the war. Germany and Extraordinary
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chancellor‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ claimed Germany to be a peaceful power‚ even though he assumed France wanted revenge for its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war. Thus‚ Beck states that “in 1879‚ Bismarck formed the Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary; three years later‚ Italy joined the two countries‚ forming the Triple Alliance.” During the same year‚ to ensure that France did not make an alliance with Russia‚ Bismarck immediately formed an alliance with Russia. Nonetheless‚ under
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great power rivalries based on colonial expansion‚ economics‚ military power etc. as they played out on the world stage. Also consider both Serbian and Panslavic nationalism as well as German nationalism. Consider internal problems in Russia and Austria and how those might have precipitated a willingness on the part of both powers to go to war. Look at the assassination of the Archduke and analyze how that assassination was caused by some of the factors already discussed and how it triggered a series
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Europe in the year 1914 and went through 4 years and ended in the year 1918. The war started out with an assassination of heir to the Austrian throne by a Serbian nationalist. Austria then told Serbia there will be bad consequences for what they have done and Serbia had Russia as its allies and Russia threatened Austria then Austria told Germany the problem and Germany declared war on Russia and its ally which was France. Germany went into Belgium and then Britain entered war on the Russian side. Australia
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race‚ which was a competition to create the best weapons. Another contributing factor was the alliances. Countries signed them for military and economic protection. The Triple Entente consisted of Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia while Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy made up the Triple Alliance. In 1915‚ Italy left the Triple Entente and the alliance was renamed the Central Powers. Thirdly‚ imperialism significantly contributed to the start of Great War. Countries competed to take over parts
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and treaties. Hence‚ Germany is held accountable for World War I because of their interactions with other European countries and conflicts. To introduce‚ Germany involves themselves in a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. “Germany’s rulers made possible a Balkan War by urging Austria-Hungary to invade Serbia‚ well
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On June 28th‚ 1914‚ a nationalist organization called the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in an attempt due to demands for Serbian independence. The Black Hand wanted all Serbs to live together so were annoyed at Austria-Hungary for taking over Bosnia. The Arms race could had led to war because Germany and Britain weren’t concentrating on building up their armies as they were competing with each other to see who could build the most dreadnoughts. However the rest
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the first war in which armies used modern technology such as machine guns and chemical warfare. WWI began in 1914 with the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary‚ and ended four years later with 10 million soldiers dead and another 20 million wounded. Many people know that WWI began with the assassination of of the archduke of Austria-Hungary‚ but many don’t know what really caused this epic war‚ the underlying‚ or deeper‚ causes. What were the underlying causes of WWI? The three underlying
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independent nations on their own. Nationalism poses a problem for Austria-Hungary and the Balkans‚ areas comprised of many conflicting national groups. In 1908 Austria-Hungary annexation of the former Turkish Province‚ which then angered Serbians because they felt that the province should have been theirs. Serbia threatened war on Austria-Hungary and Russia had pledged their support towards Serbia. Which then cause Germany to ally with Austria-Hungary and threaten a war towards Russia‚ although Russia back
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