organization‚ The Blackhand. Franz Ferdinand‚ the Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ and his pregnant wife were on their way to have Ferdinand recite a speech and meet with the mayor of Sarajevo. He was there on behalf of Austria-Hungary as he wanted Bosnia to follow Austria-Hungary. The Blackhand had executed a poor attempt to kill him during Ferdinand’s trip to see the mayor. The Blackhand had positioned multiple assailants along the archduke’s route. One assassin had thrown a grenade without
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The war started mainly from four conditions: Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism. Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia. Austria then declares war on Russia. Germany declares war on Russia. Two days later Germany declares war on France. Later‚ Great Britain declares war on Germany. Alliances were formed‚ Germany and Austria-Hungary were known as the Central Powers. On the other side‚ United states‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia were known as the Allied powers. Japan joined the
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part of it. The country declared war on Austria-Hungary on May 23rd‚ 1915. They fought alongside the allied powers consisting of France‚ Great Britain‚ and many other countries. This four-year-long war was very tragic‚ taking many loved ones with it. The Italians mostly fought against Austria-Hungary during World War I. The two countries fought along the northern border near the Italian Alps and the Isonzo river. The Italian army repeatedly attacked Austria but did not have the advantage. The Austrians
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countries wanted to be the best and strongest of them all. To begin‚ the country that was responsible for war was Serbia. For example‚ Serbia rejected Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum‚ specifically the demand of letting Austria investigate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The was inevitable because since Serbia denied on following the ultimatum‚ Austria-Hungary got suspicious and they started thinking the Serbian Government had something to do with the assassination of Archduke that was killed by
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I’m going to explain why there were tensions between countries in Europe and why they led to war in 1914. For years before 1914‚ tension had been building in Europe. One cause of tension was overseas colonies. For example Germany and France clashed over in Morocco‚ between 1905 and 1911. This started by France who wanted to have more colonies in Africa. As Germany disliked this idea and wanted to test the “alliance” between France and Britain‚ he decided to support Morocco’s independence. His only
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terms they would have no choice but to fight. So when Austria declared war on Serbia (July 28‚ 1914) a list of alliances was called into effect when they had to assist other countries that they were in alliance with. This was the spark that ultimately started the First World War. It is also thought that the alliance system caused more problems than it helped with‚ because without this system this war would have just stayed between Serbia and Austria. The other reasons still played a main part in
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movements. So before world war one Russia defended Serbia. Serbia’s territories were controlled by the state of Austria – Hungary. Serbia started the war against Austria – Hungary and Russia got involved. France & Russia had a close friendship. A response to get back its land Germany attacked France through Belgium. In 1884 the Triple Alliance we formed with Germany‚ Italy and Austria – Hungary to support each other militarily in case of an attack. The Triple Entente that formed in 1904 with Britain
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which ended with around 40 million casualties‚ and was commonly known as “a war of attrition” which was basically a war to test who could survive the longest. In this war there were two main opposing forces‚ the central powers‚ consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and The Ottoman Empire. The second opposing force was the allied powers‚ which consisted of Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Russia‚ and the United States. Although World War 1 was sparked by the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ this war had 3 most
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colonize led to several diplomatic incidents and fuelled rivalry between France‚ Germany‚ and Britain. In 1908‚ Austria-Hungary took over the province of Bosnia which used to be Turkish. This upset the Serbians that thought the province should belong to them. Serbia threatened Austria-Hungary with war and Russia allied with Serbia. Russia then mobilized its forces. Germany allied with Austria-Hungary and mobilized
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assassination Austro- Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The archduke was killed by a Serbian and his death was seen as a threat to the Austria-Hungary multinational empire. This event turned into a declaration of war. Due to the alliance‚ the European Nation got involve in the conflict and it resulted in a world war. Russia was defending Serbia and surrounded Germany and Austria-Hungary (who were allied) with their troops. Germany was already planning to invade Russia by using the Schlieffen Plan which
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