Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

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World War I started in the middle of 1914 because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war went on for 5 more years, until the Treaty of Versailles was created and commanded the armies to seize fire. World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919. This peace treaty kept from any wars starting for less than two decades, then came World War II. The Treaty of Versailles’ name came from where it was signed, the Versailles Palace. The Allies wrote the treaty and in order to have it…

Germany’s rise to power in the beginning of the twentieth century, the crises that took place in the Balkans, and alliances between powerful nations are few of the causes of the Great War. Because of the Russians surrendered in the spring of 1918, the Central Powers thought they had the advantage over the Allied Powers because they didn’t have to fight a two front war anymore. Germany had underestimated the United States and their importance for joining the Allies later in the war. The events…

World War I was a senseless war, a conflict between two countries that spun out of control because of the systems of alliances. The United States should not have gotten involved in the war. The primary reason for the United States’ entrance into the war was the American citizens that were caught in Germany’s crossfire, but involvement in the war sacrificed far more American lives than those American citizens that died aboard ocean liners. A peace treaty created damaging problems in the Middle…

builds up over time, leading to the people wanting to fight. Because nations began to accept this as their reality, they lost their sense of normality and started to glorify war, even going as far as encouraging it. When countries such as Germany and Austria-Hungary began to incorporate militarism, it increased their confidence enough to start attacking other nations and go to war. This kind of intense focus on military prowess and violence led to WWI. Imperialism, nationalism, and…

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war. For instance, in World War 1 there were two major alliances: the Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (the Central Powers or Triple Alliance) and Great Britain, Russia, and France (Triple Entente). On June 28, 1914, the Austrian-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Bosnia which caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia. The war might have simply been fought between these two countries had Austria not had an alliance formed with Germany. However, since they were allies,…

him and his wife in an effort to protest against the Austria-Hungary invasion of Bosnia. Serbians wanted to have control over Bosnia and they stopped at nothing to fight for it. After the assassination the archduke Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia (americanhistory.about.com). Russia had an alliance with Serbia, so when Austria-Hungary attacked, Russia began to mobilize their forces to help defend. Germany was in an alliance with Austria-Hungary, when Russia fought against them Germany…

their country and what their country believed in. For example, Austrian-Hungarian people were outraged at the crime the Serbian Black Hand terrorist committed against their Archduke Franz Ferdinand. They wanted revenge because they feel as if a great act of disrespect had been handed to their country by the Serbian people. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and since Germany was allied with them, they join the…

between July 28th 1914 and November 11th, 1918. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to the beginning of WWI. Due to the alliances formed between countries, a world war became much more likely. In the beginning, it was known as “The Great War the War to End War”. There were two sides: The Entente which was composed of, France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and later the U.S. The Central Powers were made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. The war ended when Germany…