Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Germany supported Austria against Serbia, and Britain joined France and Russia. After many months of fighting, both sides of the war had started making lines of fortification or trenches like shown in the movie. The lines didn’t change much over the years that the war lasted…

Although it is generally agreed upon that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was the event that sparked World War I, this singular act was really just the last straw. Such a bloody, widespread conflict, cannot be explained away or blamed on just one event, but as the war was so devastating, placing blame was something everyone seemed eager to do when it came time to create peace in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles. As such, the question became: is it possible to…

involvement in World War I consisted of an initial state of neutrality that would eventually lead to battle. President Woodrow Wilson of the US desired to remain neutral throughout the war, but as conflicts arose from the Central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire, war was inevitable. While lacking necessary experience and resources, the United States required extensive preparation for battle in Europe. As America entered the war with the Allied powers, the central powers…

competition of all nations for trade, he called for the international conference to discuss the future of Morocco. And the international conference was held at Algeciras(Spain) in 1906 and powers divided into two. Germany was weakly supported by Austria-Hungry and morocco while France was supported by Britain, Russia and Spain; so it was agreed that France should recognize that Morocco was still an independent country and that France and Spain were given joint control of her police force. So…

During the start of the 20th century, there were many dangerous issues facing the world. Some of these issues included Domestic political factors with Germany, Imperialism, a web of alliances and nationalism. There were many factors that threatened the world during this time, but these are just a few issues that threatened global stability and they also contributed to the build up to World War I, which was the greatest issue and threat during this time period. German conservatives were hesitant…

role in the outcome of the World War I. World War I was a major when a major conflict fought in Europe and around the world between the years of 1914 and 1918. There were lots of nations involved, except for Russia, Britain, France, Germany, and Austria-Hungary were dominated. During world War I records showed that there were over more than eight million people who had lost their lives. There were several events that took place that led to World War 1. Events that I read about were the…

played a major role in World War 1 due to the constant offensive and defensive positions the soldiers were in. World War 1 began in 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination was just a trigger as there was already unrest between countries in Europe. The opposing sides were Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey. The allied sides were Russia. France and Great Britain. Australia joined the war because of association with Britain as the mother country.…

War I, was the war that was presumed to end all wars. The first large war of the 20th century which lasted four years, began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. The war was provoked by the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, as his assassination in Sarajevo accelerated Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia. During the First World War, thousands of Aboriginal men voluntarily enlisted in Canada’s armed forces. Through contribution to the war effort, home front and post…

the Balkan Region, organized the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, which directly led to World War I. The Black Hand “specialized in encouraging ethnic Serbs…to work for unification with Serbia,” and the organization felt that Austria was unjustly preventing this mission (Goff 97). Because of the organization 's nationalist belief that Serbians must be united, they felt that it was necessary to spark political conflict with Austria to achieve this; this in turn led to the…

of the worlds’ might was split into two separate alliances: the Triple Alliance, composed of Germany, Austria and Italy, and the Triple Entente, made up of Russia, Britain and France. These alliances ultimately pulled these nations, and ultimately most of the world, into conflict after the assassination of Austrian, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. On July 28, 1914, with a promise of German support Austria declared war on Serbia kicking of the Great War, or what would later be called World War I,…