World War I: An Inevitable Outcome World War I: An Inevitable Outcome World War I can best be depicted as a perfect storm‚ beginning with a single act of terrorism. This act would bring about the deluge to come‚ presenting as the catalyst to a particularly explosive state of affairs amongst the nations of the world. Persian statesman Otto von Bismarck “was quoted as saying at the end of his life that "One day the great European War will come out of some damned
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The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in early July 1914‚ included many intertwined factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. However‚ the immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and
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Warfare of World War 1 Contents Page 2: Introduction Page 3: Why did WW1 start? Page 4: Alliances‚ The Schlieffen Plan and why it went wrong Pages 5-9: Trench warfare Pages 10-11: Weapons Pages 12-14: Changes in WW1 Page 14-15: Battles on the Sea and in the Sky Page 16: Russia joining and U.S leaving Page 17: Conclusion and sources Introduction I decided to do my project on the warfare of World War 1 because I thought it would be interesting to research about how the war was fought
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Conner Nichols 440920 cmnnq6 German 2320 Lesson 1: The 1848 Revolution‚ the Second Reich‚ and the First World War Under the leadership of Bismarck‚ Germany experienced a time of great division between classes and some financial crashes‚ such as “the Gründerzeit burst in 1873‚ when a collapse of confidence brought an inevitable economic crash” (Fulbrook 131) from 1871 to 1890. In a time when the greater population was beginning to play a greater role in politics‚ Bismarck’s authoritarian style
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How did World War I start? The First World War was a big event in world’s history; it killed over 17 million people and changed a lot of things in the world. The causes of this War are still unsure‚ there are a lot of causes for it. One of them is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ which is in part‚ what made the First World War occur. At that time‚ Austria-Hungary was waiting for a reason to attack Serbia‚ but without a reason‚ Germany‚ which is an ally of Austria-Hungary‚ wouldn’t have follow
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the real Underlying cause of the war that changed millions of lives? in the summer of 1914 Europe went into war with itself. It was a war that many expected to be short. In fact‚ it lasted more than four long‚ terrible years‚ taking the lives of millions of combatants and civilians. The Underlying causes of world war I were mainly alliances‚ imperialism and militarism. The first underlying cause of World War I is Alliances. .Alliances caused world war I by alliances due to Russia providing support
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Alliances also were a major impact on the ignition for World War 1. The chancellor in Germany‚ Bismarck‚ wanted peace with his neighbours instead of France to maintain the status quo for a safer Germany. Bismarck created the Three Emperors League in 1873 between Russia‚ Austria-Hungary(AH) and Germany – to retain peace with the neighbouring countries. However‚ it caused tension with France and later on Russia left due to their own dispute involving the Balkan War. In 1879‚ a dual alliance was formed
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Militarism‚ Colonialism‚ and Alliances were the underlying causes of World War 1. Alliances were of great value in this war. Mainly whoever had the most people or most advanced weapons would defeat their enemy. With tensions high and the want for more land‚ World War I broke out. Militarism is the act of a nation building a large military. European countries started building up their armies and navies starting in 1890 to 1914(document C). Britain focused on mainly building up its Navy‚ though
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When World War 1 ended‚ there was many casualties and damages throughout the four years. Most importantly‚ it left a doubt on who caused World War 1 and who was going to pay for the damages made. To settle this arguement there was a conference that united twenty seven countries and excluded 5 countries‚ Russia and the Central Power‚ called the Paris Peace Conference . The conference took place in Paris‚ France in June 28‚ 1919. In the conference‚ the Treaty of Versailles was created to end conflict
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The Great War lasted from June‚ 1914 - November‚ 1918. Many countries that participated in the Great War were imperialists‚ and there 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
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