Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

in mainland Europe. It spanned almost 700,000 square kilometers and occupied much of central Europe. The empire also had Eleven major language groups that were scattered across the empire making it very diverse. Franz Josef was the emperor, though he was first crowned as king both of Austria and Hungary. Each of the empire’s two monarchies continued to exist in their own right; they had their own parliament, prime ministers, cabinet and a degree of domestic self-government. The Ottoman Empire…

allies of Britain, France, Russia, and Italy, and the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. There were many causes of the World War I, nationalism, imperialism, militarism, creation of alliances, assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand (died on June 28TH 1914), and etc. I believe one of the main causes of World War I was the horrible assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, which I believe set off a chain reaction of events that occurred after that…

and Austria-Hungary in 1882 under the leadership of chancellor Otto von Bismarck. In 1894, William II dropped the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia, prompting a Franco-Russian alliance. British-German relations also turned bitter because of William’s rash foreign policy. In 1907, Britain joined France and Russia, forming the alliance known as the Triple Entente. The continent was prepared for a conflict with all the major powers divided into two hostile camps. While the assassination of Archduke…

The main reason for the war was problems between Serbia and Austria- Hungary. Serbia and Austria- Hungary fought over Serbia. Serbia was able to fight for one year before it became part of Austria- Hungary. The War had two sides the Central Powers and the Allied Powers. The Central Powers were Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. The Allied Powers Were Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the…

the slides there is some of the major events in our history. The World War I also know as the Great War, was caused by militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism and much more. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand started everything (Greenspan, 2014). He was the Archduke of Austria. The United States entered the war in 1917. President Wilson went to request a declaration of war against Germany (America in the Great war). The Cold War was the war between the U.S and Soviet Union,…

had to go because when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary. On the other hand the axis powers went into war for land and resources. This can be seen in the invasion of Manchuria by Japan. In the end, those two wars were the worst two wars of the twentieth century which resulted in millions of casualties because of greed and ridiculous reasons. So, world war one started because of assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand and world war two…

different. After the assassination of Ferdinand, Austria demanded that Austrian agents be allowed to investigate the crime in Serbia itself. Serbia rejected the demand and Austria declared war on Serbia on July 28th. To make a long story short, Austria-Hungary was allied with Germany and Serbia was allied with Russia and France was also allied with Russia. Russia would not tolerate a mobilized Austrian army on its border and in return mobilized its army against Austria. Germany ordered Russia to…

WW1 became a numbers game.It all started due to the Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. One reason why Nationalism is the main cause of WW1 is the thought of every country being stronger than another one. In Document B, We can clearly see that where the start of the war happened. Austria wanted Serbia to apologize for the Assassination. Serbia was too proud to apologize and asked for help from Russia, while Austria had Germany( The alliances were of no help as well).France was…

of the time Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Black Hand and war was brewing between Serbia and Austria Hungary, add a few waves of nationalism and paranoia between various european countries and you have the shaky balancing act that was Europe. Purpose (Why was the document created?) The purpose is to ask Russia for aid just incase something happens between them and Austria Hungary. Audience (Who was the document created…

beneficial, there were also some disadvantages. An alliance could lead a nation to take risks, it could cause disputes between many nations, and it could force a country to go to war with a nation with which it was neutral. Germany formed an alliance with Austria-Hungary in 1871 and Italy in 1882. This secret alliance was known as the Triple Alliance. In 1904, the United Kingdom and France signed the Entente Cordiale, meaning friendly agreement. In 1907, Russia joined the alliance. This alliance…