The Assassination Of Serbia During World War I

During World War I, approximately 17 million people died, and in that number 7 million of them were innocent civilians. That is equivalent to the whole population of Moscow dying. Before World War I, there were different events taking place all over the world because of the upheaval in Europe. Over the years, countries had taken land from other countries. A specific case from this, is when Austrio – Hungary seized Bosnia taking it from the Serbians. Serbia was frustrated at Austrio – Hungary for doing this, so they set up a plan. They were to kill the Archduke of Austrio – Hungary. The assassination was only one of the many things going on in Europe. The most powerful countries in Europe, Britain and France, were taking over huge territories …show more content…
An alliance is a union or association formed for mutual benefits; it is usually a bond between two or more countries. The reason the war got so big in the first place was because when Serbia and Austrio – Hungary signed a declaration for war, many more countries were obligated to get involved. Serbia was in a Slavic alliance with Russia and Austrio – Hungary was in alliance with Germany. So just by declaring a war against Serbia, Russia and Germany were also involved in the war. Russia mobilized their 5,000,000 troops a day after the war was signed, July 29th 1914. On August 1st, Germany mobilized their soldiers. Even though Russia mobilized their soldiers first and had many more soldiers, Germany was still more advanced with their technology. Germany had enough munitions for every soldier. Russia only had one gun for every three soldiers; when one soldier died, another would come into war carrying that gun. Because of this, Russia just barely had two million soldiers, while Germany had almost three million soldiers, with modern and proper equipment. Germany’s tactic to win the war was to invade France. It was supposed to be the six-week invasion. It was called the Schliefflan Plan. The soldiers were promised to be home by Christmas. The first step of their plan was to declare war on Russia; they did on August 2nd, 1914. When Germany …show more content…
The United States was not planning to get involved with the war. Their president Woodrow Wilson wanted the world to be safe and end war; he wanted to employ the idea of the League of Nations. The League of Nations was an organization that was put together to solve country disputes. The organization later ended World War I. Wilson’s ideas led the US into not getting involved in the war, in the beginning. Two main events led the United States into World War I, were the sinking of the Lusitania and the telegram sent to Mexico. The US and Great Britain had a small alliance and even though the US was not in the war, they still sent supplies over to Britain. This is not what the Germans wanted. It was their plan to block off all supplies that were being imported to Britain, so they blocked the seas with their boats and U-Boats. Before the US entered the war, a boat called the Lusitania was bound to set off from New York. There were many notices all around saying that the Lusitania was a targeted ship and that it would be a risky trip, but no one listened to the warnings, not realizing the severity. The captain, William Turner, sought of a strategic plan of travelling through the Atlantic Ocean in a zig-zag formation. Which Germany could have thought was suspicious. When the Lusitania got close to Britain, the U-Boats attacked it thinking that it