Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

many movements. The three underlying causes of WWI are alliances, militarism, and imperialism. Of all these, alliances was the most significant cause of World War I. The map from document A shows all of the European alliances during 1914. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made up the Triple Alliance. On the other hand, France, Russia, and Great-Britain…

Lauren Hamner Rebecca Pickle Pre-AP World History 16 March 2017 The Schlieffen Plan and Its Effect on the War Unwilling to consider a compromise with Serbia, Austria-Hungary declared war on July 28, 1914. Russia now mobilized first on its borders with Austria, but soon ordered general mobilization. This made the German generals anxious, as their only plan for a two-front war with France and Russia was based on the condition that Russia would mobilize slowly with delay. The German government,…

solidarity forced Russia to back down” (Pelling 122) but rather, its demise was the result of entering a war and losing. It chose to enter into a war with Serbia instead of resolving the matter in other ways and this can partially be seen as a flaw with Franz Joseph’s faith in the military. The Habsburg Empire’s true weaknesses were its military and financial conditions. If these had been resolved on numerous occasions throughout its rule, such as before the Compromise or April Laws, its demise…

World War I Through The Realist’s Lens World War I or The Great War was a global war that shook the world to its core originated in Europe which took place from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. In analysing the First World War especially on how it started, many events can be attributed to it but to understand how and why the war happened, perhaps it is best to start from the Concert of Europe which some would argue, is the first domino piece that started the sequence of events that led to the…

‘World War I was a European war.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? World War I “sparked” in 1914, between Serbia and Austria-Hungary, then turned into a chain reaction of declarations of war that spread throughout Europe, and to other areas of the world. Because this became such a widespread war, but began in Europe and was caused by Europe, there is controversy and question as to whether the Great War was a world war, or in fact a European war. On one hand, World War I can…

1. What do you believe was the main cause of World War I and why? Do you believe it was nationalism, imperialism, militarism, alliances, or something else? Alliances are possibly the best known cause of World War I. An alliance is a formal political, military or economic agreement between two or more nations. Military alliances usually contain promises that in the event of war or aggression, one signatory nation will support the others. The terms of this support is outlined in the alliance…

Before World War II the majority of fatalities in war were not caused by trauma but by diseases. Common diseases like dysentery, cholera, typhus, typhoid fever, smallpox and the influenza would wipe out entire camps of soldiers before bullets were ever fired. WWII marked the transition to trauma causing the most fatalities. Trauma wounds are defined as an injury to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agents like bullets, shrapnel, or blunt force injuries. Medical advances with blood…

The importance of nationalism and selfish ambition as causes of the World War One. There have been many discussions about the cause of World War One and how nationalism and selfish ambition of countries contributed to it. It can’t be denied that both nationalism in many European countries and their selfish ambitions played a large role in the outbreak of The Great War. Nationalism has more than one definitions: 1) an extreme form of patriotism marked by a feeling of superiority over other…

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How WW1 lead to WW2 Ferdinand Foch, a French General and Supreme Commander of the Allied forces during World War 1, said "This [The Treaty of Versailles] is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years". World War 1 was caused by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the future emperor of Austria-Hungary. Serbia financed the assassination, which lead to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. Each country's allies declared war on each other eventually leading to a global conflict. The…