The Great War‚ World War I‚ famously known as the war to end all wars. At the time‚ this war was the bloodiest ever and was supposed to stop any future wars from happening‚ but as we can see‚ that did not happen. The Great War was sparked by two things. The main issue that sparked it was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The other reason that helped ignite it‚ was that there was a lot of religious conflict and national rivalries‚ countries were
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The four main causes of World War I were militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. Militarism was a popular idea at the time and can be defined as the belief that war would make one’s country stronger. Alliances were abundant before and especially during World War I and brought a multitude of countries into the war. Imperialism is the goal of expanding a nation’s territory‚ which would have been a rational aim of provoking warfare. Nationalism is an ideology of allegiance and loyalty to
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World War I started in 1914‚ Europe due to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Why did this happen exactly? Nationalism; the loyalty and devotion to a nation‚ spread to all‚ if not most of Europe due to Napoleon’s rise and quest to conquer and “liberate” all of Europe. Due to his successes‚ many recently unified countries‚ such as Germany and Italy have decided to endorse many nationalistic and patriotic features into their country. Another factor that has lead towards the start of World War I
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What was the most important cause of World War 1 On Sunday 28th June‚ 1914‚ the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife‚ were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ part of a Serbian Terrorist Group‚ called the Black Hand at Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in World War 1. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism‚ Imperialism
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World War 1 started in 1914 where Germany where blamed of causing it. This essay will be explaining if it was really Germany their fault of causing World War 1 and if it was inevitable. There were early signs in Europe that World War was going to come. In Blackadder Goes Forth‚ Baldrick opined that the war began when ’Arch Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry’. His garbled version of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary reflects popular opinion: that the issues
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The Pre WW1 Alliances Dreikaiserbund 1872 Also known as the League of the Three Emperors (1872) Bismarck’s aim for forming this League was to isolate France by making friends with Austria and Russia. The partners were Kaiser William I of Germany‚ Czar Alexander II of Russia and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. These three rulers agreed: (i) to maintain the existing territorial arrangements in Europe; (ii) to resist the spread of revolutionary (e.g. socialist) movements; and (iii) to consult one
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The aftermath of World War 1 in Europe was very much in turmoil and it was because the peacemakers weren’t able to see the scale of the damage of that WW1 causes. The empires of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia were nonexistent. Russia had undergone two revolutions‚ the states that were left behind were struggling economically along with the issues that the civilian population was facing such as famine‚ the Spanish Flue‚ and displacement there was a lot to repair in the aftermath. A social
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Chapter 1 Question 1: What did Prince Otto von Bismarck‚ the German chancellor‚ see as the task of German Foreign policy? The German Chancellor‚ Prince Otto Von Bismarck saw the German foreign policy‚ which is a governments strategy with dealing with other nations‚ as the diplomatic isolation of France. his depiction of Germanys strategy saw that it was impossible for France to get their revenge in such isolation. Bismarck sought to deny France of any possible allies they could get in order to stop
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World War 1‚ also known as the “The Great War” was a worldwide conflict that in 1914–1918 enmeshed most of the nations of Europe along with the United States‚ Russia and the Middle East. World War 1 all began in 1914‚ when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian pro-self-rule in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. The war pitted the Central Powers‚ primarily Germany‚ Turkey and Austria- Hungry against the Allies primarily France‚ Great Britain‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ Japan. It ended with the defeat
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Causes of World War One World War One was a global war in Europe fought from 1914 to 1918. It was a war between Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia and the United States and Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy and Serbia. Not only was it certain people or places that caused the war but also some events and situations. This included the allying of nations‚ the act of imperialism‚ the growth of militarism‚ and the Balkan crisis. One of the underlying causes of world war one was the allying of nations
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