Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

greatly influenced by the military and we can see this in France and their leader Marshal Ferdinand Foch who was an important French general who was best known for repelling German advances in both 1914 and…

included a staggering total of 38 million casualties– both soldiers and civilians. World War One was fought between two major alliances: The Central Powers and the Triple Entente. At the war’s start, the Central Powers was made up of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the Triple Entente included France, Russia, and Great Britain. With the war’s progression, however, entire nations were dragged into participating. By the end of the war, The United States, Japan, Italy, and many other countries…

Hand which was a serbian terrorist group planned the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. On June 28th, 1914, the Archduke attended a parade and there was a failed attempt to assassinate him. After he evaded the scene he went in a popular sandwich shop. Serbian nationalist Gabrial Princips who was the same shooter who froze, just happened to drive by and saw the opportunity to kill the Archduke and so he did. This caused…

technology used in military warfare. Another cause of WWI was the assassination of, the heir of the Austro-Hungarians throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. Gavrilo Princip, a Serb belonging to the group Black Hand, shot and killed Archduke and Franz wife Sophie. The Black Hand wanted to make Serbia to be independent from Austria Hungary. The assassination of Ferdinand led both countries to eventually declare on each…

alliances: The Triple Alliance consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, and the Triple Entente composed of Russia, Britain, and France. The Triple Alliance later became the Central Powers, along with the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The Triple Entente became the Allied Powers. These alliances would come in to play if any of the countries involved in the alliance were involved in a war. For World War I, the threat of war started between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, which wasn’t part of…

Comparing All Quiet on the Western Front to Actualities in World War One The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the twenty-eighth of June, 1914, in Bosnia sparked the Great War. Later known as World War One, it was fought between the Allied Powers, Britain, France, Italy, and the United States, and the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungry, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Many novels and movies have been made featuring this monstrosity. One such novel is the classic All Quiet on the…

For Germany, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary was their reason. For the United States, it was the signing of the Lusitania Ferdinand was assassinated in the summer of 1914 by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo. Ferdinand's assassination created immense tension between Germany and Russia. As mentioned before, Germany had been looking for any excuse to dominate Europe, so they used the tragedy of Austria-Hungary's heir as reason to start…

Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy. The Triple Alliance was extremely powerful because it stated that the countries part of the alliance were obligated to assist each other in a time of war. If one country were to declare war on another country or another country were to declare war on them, the allies must supply troops and materials as if they were in a war as well. On June 28 1914, soon after the alliance was formed, the Austrian leader Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited the city of…

total war, the unification of the KMT and CCP, and the Dunkirk evacuation, nationalism unified people in their beliefs, which allowed for stronger nations. However, nationalism of people with a similar ethnicity, such as, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the May fourth movement, and German Uber-nationalism, separated groups and led to conflict. In Big Era Eight (1900-1945), nationalism driven by…

and Russia against the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. World War One was one of the most deadliest was in the history of the world. More than sixteen million soldiers and civilians perished during the four year European conflict. World War One began on June 28, 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. Austria-Hungary declared war and invaded Serbia on July…