Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

the Allied Powers (Sowards). The Allied Powers were formed to counterpart the aggression Central Powers and Germany. Countries Involved in World War 1 Austria-Hungary After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Austria declared a war against Serbia. Austria presented an ultimatum to Serbia demanding that anti-Austria propaganda within Serbia be restrained. It was also sorting to be allowed to carry out its own investigation into the Archduke‘s killing. In…

it pitted the central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia and The United States. Before The “Great War” an event must have happened to start it. There are lots of events that happened before the war started. A few events that immediately caused or triggered the first world war or the great war was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife of Austria. Not only his death, a few other…

chain reaction. But I do believe that some events are more important and make a bigger impact on the world and change it forever. Events such as, The Renaissance, The Industrial Revolution, The Boston Tea Party, The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and creation of The Treaty of Versailles. There is no denying that these events are 5 of the most important and influential events in history. (The events are in chronological order, not order of importance.) The Renaissance,…

the war. Austria-Hungary and Serbia were responsible for the start of World War 1. Austria- Hungary and Serbia’s conflict caused World War 1. Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne and was very disliked by the Serbians. Bosnia and Herzegovina were added to Austria- Hungary in 1908, but these countries wanted to be independant and a part of newly formed Serbian Nation. Serbia and the Turks fought 2 wars and in the end Serbia lost its independence. Franz Ferdinand decided…

were The Triple Alliance, which consisted of Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary and The Triple Entente, which consisted of France, Britain and Russia. The Triple Entente were later called, the Allies. Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire later joined to create what's called the Central Powers. The alliance system was even more complex due to secret treaties, for instance Russia would help Serbia if they were attacked by Austria-Hungary and Italy had a treaty with France stating they…

Crisis”, written by Annika Mombauer gives clarity to who were the core countries involved in this gruesome war. These countries include, Austria-Hungary, the nation who caused the war, Germany the nation who expanded the war, and lastly, Britain, the nation who was simply not to blame. Austria-Hungary caused this war because of their conflict with Serbia. Austria-Hungary desperately wanted a war with Serbia for many reasons one of which was because Serbia has been posed a threat because of…

actions and fighting instead of finding another way to do things. The way they controlled certain ideas lead to them having something backfire and made it harder for them to complete their goal. There was the triple alliance made up between Germany, Austria - Hungary and Italy and was formed on the 20th may 1881 this was part of the alliance system. Nationalism was a big part of the twentieth century especially within the European countries were they used inflammatory information to get their…

An alliance is defined as, “A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.” With Austria-Hungary and Germany uniting, it created tension throughout Europe. With this alliance, both countries thought they deserved more due to their more powerful state. The people of the countries not only felt a greater feeling of nationalism, but they…

wanted it, or they thought it would be fun? Not at all; so why would such a devastating war start? Well, it is not completely crazy when you factor in a slow buildup of alliances and militaries, extreme nationalism, and even an assassination of an archduke. War was knocking on the door waiting to happen. By early…

I believe that the main reason for WWI was alliances The triple alliance of 1882 (Germany, Austria, & Italy) as well as the Ottoman Empire, were known as the Central Powers The Triple Entente of 1907 linked France, Britain (and Russia), known as the Allied Powers These alliances allowed for larger scale war to happen (grow exponential from what should have only been a regional war into an intercontinental conflict) • WWI started when Kings/Emperors/Queens still ruled but their armies were led by…