Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Sarajevo, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist by the name of Gavrilo Princip. Gavrilo was the third of seven assassins that organized by the secret military society from Serbia known as the black hand. The reason Francis Ferdinand assassination was to keep him from making changes when Gavrilo supposed to inherit the Austria-Hungarian throne. With the assassination of their Archduke, the…

World War One, or “the war to end all wars”, was a bloody and ruthless was that saw many new types of warfare never seen before. Air warfare and chemical are just some of the examples. Before the war had even began countries were trying to see who could build the “biggest and baddest” new war machine whether it be a handheld like a grenade or gun, tanks and navy ships. Unfortunately after our servicemen came home, either they had forgotten or hadn’t know at all, why the war had started at all.…

There were many causes that led to World War II. The lack of economic development, rise of extremism, and failure of international diplomacy were the three main factors that were responsible for the start of WWll. The lack of economic development was most responsible for causing WWll because it was the first problem that led all other factors of the war to happen. The lack of economic development caused WWII because the people felt angry about the situations they were in, and they were looking…

What caused World War II? This question has been of debate for decades. Though some people will claim one reason over another, many factors have contributed to the cause of World War II. Much has been written about the causes of World War II and the many factors have constituted to the war. One of the main things that caused the war was the conditions of the countries after WWI. The Treaty of Versailles which ended World War One required Germany to pay huge sums of money to the countries who…

The direct cause of ww1 was the assassination of arch duke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on the 28th June 1914. However it is heavily talked about topic as there are many reasons The Great War started. Another main factor was the rivalry between The British Empire and The German Empire as tensions began to raise it eventually resulted in The Great War. Countries involved The Great War was fought by many great powers that included: most of Africa, America, Brazil and Canada. Asian Factions: , Japan…

WW1 causes By: Noah Reardon World war one was the war to set the face of the world for the coming century. It was a time of rapid militarization across europe. It was a time of newly formed alliances between weak and strong alike. The key causes of World War one can be boiled down to three main reasons. Firstly the vast militarization across europe and the european belief in militarism, secondly the buildup of tensions due to this vast militarization and lastly the system of…

As armies builds up, it would only be a matter of time before someone decides to use them for something. This mistrust is a reason that World War One sparked and caught aflame as it did after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. This fear is what created an increasing sense of paranoia in the countries. Like England were not worried about the military strength of Germany. Towards the end of the 19th century, Germany started to build a powerful navy and wanted it to…

After the death of Ina and Isak, Lola goes back to Sarajevo believing she was not going to make it alone, but finds herself in the place where her dad used to work and starts to remember good old memories she had with him. She finds Sava, “a kindly old man who had worked beside her father” (Brooks 77). After he recognizes her, they hugged and began to shed tears; he double checked the streets to make sure that no German soldier would see them. He gave her his coat and she told him the story with…

because there are many factors. However, if there is one country to place a majority of the blame on it is the Austria-Hungarian Empire. The leadership of this great empire displayed stubbornness and a misplaced sense of arrogance. The Austria-Hungarian Empire was a dying bull that, before 1914, became tired with the international order. Historian Hew Strachan writes, “By 1914 Austria-Hungary had lost faith in the international order established at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, whose…

Good afternoon Ms Abarno and class, today I’m going to discuss the idea of the influence of politics on people’s lives in the novel ‘the kite runner’, and on people’s lives today and in the past. This idea is highlighted in the novel ‘The Kite Runner’ written by Khaled Hosseini. The influence of politics on people’s lives is a major idea in the novel ‘the kite runner’ this is evident when the soviet invasion takes place and ruins the calm country Afghanistan once was. In the past the influence…