consisted of Germany‚ Bulgaria‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and the Ottoman Empire. The war started because Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary‚ was murdered by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip. Princip was a part of a nationalist association in Serbia known as the Black Hand. The Black Hand wanted independence from Austria-Hungary and murdering the heir of the throne is how they took action. This caused the country of Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia
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The alliance system (the Concert of Europe) was set up after Napoleonic wars causes problems. It created different sides of the WWI. Two alliances were formed before WWI. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy. The Triple Entente consisted of Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia. During the war‚ the Triple Alliance became the Central Powers and the Triple Entente became the Allied Powers or Allies. This was formed in response to the growing
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Hollweg‚ whose primary aim was to subvert diplomatic intervention in order to begin the war under the most favourable conditions possible. Following the Archduke’s assassination‚ Berlin deliberately used the crisis in relations between its satellite Austria-Hungary and Russia’s satellite Serbia as an excuse for a general war that would establish German hegemony. World War I started in 1914 because a government in Berlin wanted a
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were four main causes of world war I: Imperialism. Militarism‚ Nationalism‚ and Allies. The two sides of the war grew to be the Central powers and the Allies. In the beginning of the war America responded with neutrality‚ the preparedness movement and the peace movement. Germany had pulled to many strings over time and America had enough. Things for American soldiers on the European front vs. things for people on the home front were very different. Eventually President Wilson came up with a plan
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Was Germany To Blame For The Start Of The First World War? I believe that Germany was to blame for the start of world war 1‚ although other countries were partially to blame. Germany was involved in most events building up to the war and it was one of the first countries to declare war on another country. From 1899-1900 Britain was in a colonial war with South Africa‚ about the Dutch Boer settlers. Germany without need decided to join in the fight by claiming they supported the Boers and South
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until the shadow of the Nazis had passed. Terezin was built in the 19th century and named after Austrian Empress Maria Theresa. It served as a fortress and a prison. The most famous inmate was Gavrilo Princip‚ assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. That assassination was one of the causes of World War I. According to Jewish Virtual Library in Terezin there were so many musicians. “There could have been two full symphony orchestras performing simultaneously daily. In addition‚ there were
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World War 1: Causes and Effects So what are the causes of World War One? You would automatically think that it’s some sort of complicated government problem only an expert could understand. But that’s not how it works. If you explain it the right way it’s way easier to understand. World War One had only four major causes being militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. They sound like some pretty fancy words but they are really easy to understand. These are the four main causes of World
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were many reasons why the war started in the first place. One reason was because there were multiple pieces of evidence showing the small nation‚ Serbia‚ gave the assassinator the weapons to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the archduke of Austria-Hungary and the heir to the throne. His assassination triggered the outbreak of World War I. This first political cartoon portrays the alliance system; the alliance system was only one part to the M.A.I.N. causes of World War I‚ where ‘M’ stood for
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World War I started on July 28th‚ 1914. The war started because on June 28th‚ 1914‚ a young Siberian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. Austria-Hungary needed to prove its authority after such a horrendous crime in order to maintain its credibility as a great power and a force in the Balkan region. With Russian threat of intervention looming and an unprepared army‚ Germany was required to help
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and military power around the world. Central to the international causes for war was the series of European alliances that vaulted nations into war in the event that an ally was attacked. The Dual Alliance was formed in 1879 between Germany and Austria‚ with Italy joining in 1882. France allied with Russia in 1894‚ effectively trapping Germany between two imposing powers twenty years before the outbreak of war. The Entente was formed in 1904 when Britain allied with France‚ and it soon became the
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