Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

addition to that, source two has more detail in its explanation of World War I. Source one focuses on the assassination of Franz Ferdinand as the primary conflict that lead to the start of World War I. Other than the assassination it gives other necessary background knowledge to explain why the assassination triggered a full out war between the countries. For example, in source one it says, “Austria-Hungary needed to enforce its authority in the face of such an insolent crime”…

(President Woodrow Wilson’s War Message to Congress). World War One was a war fought between 1914 and 1918. The allies were Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The United States was trying their hardest to remain neutral, but this plan unfortunately failed because of these three major events. These three major events were the sinking of the Lusitania, the…

terms of the Treaty of London by invading Belgium. Consequently, the Canadian government has also confirmed that Canada is at war. Notorious for its selfish ambitions, Germany has always been power-hungry. By taking advantage of the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Russia, German troops invaded Belgium to attack France as a blow to the Triple Entente. Britain was forced to defend her allies, France and Russia. Canada is a proud nation standing behind Britain’s efforts, and Prime Minister…

II changed the world in many ways. These two wars have highly impacted the world to this day. World War I took place in the middle of August in the year of 1914. The war occurred due to Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an Australian, being killed by a Serbian nationalist. On one side of the war were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. The other side included Great…

land from other countries. A specific case from this, is when Austrio – Hungary seized Bosnia taking it from the Serbians. Serbia was frustrated at Austrio – Hungary for doing this, so they set up a plan. They were to kill the Archduke of Austrio – Hungary. The assassination was only one of the many things going on in Europe. The most powerful countries in Europe, Britain and France, were taking over huge territories…

and the fable are the two varieties (Aristotle, pg. 109-110). An example of using actual past facts would be saying that we must prepare for war against Germany and not let them conquer Austria. Every time Germany has conquered Austria they have started war with our country. Therefore, if Germany conquers Austria they are going to start a war with our country. An example of fable would be a horse seeking revenge allowed a man to bridle him however, once this happened the horse realized that he…

and all countries were affected. World War I also changed the way countries fought in wars, making Princip’s actions more impactful than anyone in history. The archduke traveled to Sarajevo in June 1914 to inspect the armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Ottoman territories in the turbulent Balkan region that were annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908, which angered Serbian nationalists, who believed they should become part of the newly independent and ambitious Serbian nation. Princip…

The conditions that lead to the start of The Great War are numerous, they include the rise of nationalist sentiments among european countries(including some that did not exist yet), the increasing militancy of Germany, England, France, and Russia, Austria-Hungary, and their allies and the expansionist ideals of all of the aforementioned governments.(despite what some partisan historians might want you to think) While there are many other both more and less complicated these are the ones I view…

1914, the event that caused the war was when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death. The heir of the Austro- Hungarian Empire assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Over the coming weeks, Austria-Hungary hopes to use this incident to justify setting the problem of Slavic nationalism, Balkans region and for all. (First World…) With the appending war, Russia was in talk to join the Serbians, and Austria-Hungary wanted Germany to join their fight. Austria-Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum and because…

the Triple Alliance who was formed of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy but not for long because they decided to switch sides a year later after the war started. The second alliance was the Triple Entente who was formed of France, United Kingdom, and Russia. The United States joined the battle later on in the same side as France, Russia, and The United Kingdom. People understand that the cause of World War I was the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand but before that, many factors made the…