World War 1 caused millions of deaths in Europe‚ killing nearly an entire generation of Europeans. It ended the reigning empires in Germany‚ Austria Hungary and Russia. It also caused Russia to turn communism and help it become a totalitarian state. As the 19th century came to be‚ tensions in Europe began to rise. Though many things seemed to be seen as what started the war; Imperialism and nationalism were the main cause WWI. Imperialism could be seen as a good cause of WWI because it created
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a fault to just one country for World War One. The start of the war was in 1914‚ but there was no set date to when the nations to irritate one another. Some say that the feud started at the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Others believe that Russia had started the war by dragging in Britain‚ Germany‚ and France when mobilizing on their border. One way or another‚ the Germans were a major factor World War One and should get responsibility
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World War I was a bloody gruesome war started by the assassination of an Austria-Hungarian archduke. Due to the mass web of treaties at the time Germany and Austria-Hungary were at war with the Allied Nations of Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ and The United States. Almost all of the countries involved in the war suffered major debt and massive loss to their militaries. In the end however the Allied Nations won over Germany and Austria-Hungary and began to create a treaty called the Treaty of Versailles. The
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What caused the First World War? Historians have many theories about how the First World War started‚ although most believe that there were three fuses and one spark! The first world war broke out in 1914 and involved mainly Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ France and Britain. Most of the causes were long-term‚ such as the rivalry of the European countries‚ however there was one short term cause which triggered the start of the chaos that was the First World War. The first fuse was that of empires
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Assess the argument that Germany should be held largely or solely responsible for the outbreak of World War One. The extent of which Germany should be held responsible for the outbreak of World War one is debatable. One could argue that Germany and her aggressive and competitive nature towards the other European powers‚ highlighted by the Schlieffen plan‚ make Germany largely responsible for the outbreak of war. On the other hand‚ being in the middle of several great powers‚ it is fair to suggest
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There were many causes leading up to World War l‚ but it wasn’t until June 28‚ 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War l. His assassination took place in Sarajevo‚ leading Austria to declare war against Serbia. Austria declaring war to Serbia caused Serbia’s allies to declare war on each other‚ for example France‚ Russia‚ and United Kingdom. From all this chaos World War I began. Franz Ferdinand‚ eldest son of Carl Ludwig‚ the brother of Emperor Franz Josef‚ was
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❖ To what extent was naval rivalry the main cause of the first World War? One of the main causes of World War I was the Anglo-German naval race. Britain‚ as an island empire‚ always had the navy as one of her top priorities. A key event in Britain’s naval expansion was the 1889 “Naval Defense Act” that established the "two power standard": Britain considered necessary to have a navy that was not only the largest in the world‚ but also equal to or greater than the sum of the world’s second and
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countries in case of war‚ making it foolish for one country to wage war on another. The danger of these alliances was that an argument between two countries could draw all the other nations into a fight. This is just what happened when a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia led to World War. Prominent among the war’s causes were the imperialist‚ territorial‚ and economic rivalries of the great powers. The German empire in particular was determined to establish itself as the preeminent power on the
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because of the alliances with different countries. For example‚ Germany has and alliance with Austria-Hungary‚ who could have had many other alliances with different countries. Also‚ because of all the alliance systems‚ each country had a different point of few on who truly started the war. Everyone but Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Serbia thought Germany started the war; however‚ the war actually started with Austria-Hungary’s archduke Franz Ferdinand being assassinated by Serbia. The different alliances
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the assassination of the Archduke world war one started. World War one happened because of the many European alliances that caused them to go to war. Austria gained the support of Germany and then Austria declared war on Serbia. When Serbia’s ally Russia learned of Austria’s military mobilization it constructed and mobilized its military against Austria. Russia’s allies Britain and France feared a European conflict and advised against it. Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck said around the end of his
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