Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

The coming of war, declared on 4 August 1914, caught most Australians by surprise even though there had been a climate for war for many years. An expectation had arisen of a clash between Europe’s two major trading nations, Britain and Germany. Australia was in the middle of an election campaign when war came. Both leaders, Joseph Cook, Prime Minister, and Andrew Fisher, leader of the Labor Party, promised Australian support to Britain. Labor won the Federal Election and became an enthusiastic…

along the Western & Eastern Fronts. The main underlying causes of World War I were the Alliances & Imperial rivalries between the Central Powers: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey and the Allies: U.S., Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, & others. The immediate cause was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand. This caused Austria-Hungary to…

World War I was a gruesome war in which millions of people lost their lives. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated on June 28 1914, setting the war into motion. The slaughter didn’t cease until November 11, 1918 . The war took place in Europe but had an impact on European colonies throughout the world. Aside from the Archduke’s assassination, there were four main causes of the war: a rising sense of nationalism in the warring countries, tensions between countries because of…

The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of archduke Francis Ferdinand when he was on a visit to Serbia. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for not stopping the assignation and in turn declared war on Serbia. Other underlying causes of World War I was militarism. Germany and France competed to build larger armies because Britain had such a large army to begin with. A lot of nations used “universal conscription” which is like a draft to make their armies larger, nations mostly did…

Started Was Because Austria-hungary's Leader, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Was Assassinated By A Man Named Gavrilo Princip On June 28th 1914. Austria-hungary Was Mad About The Occurrence And Wanted Payback. People Began Killing Off Each Other Due To Alliances. 5,525,000 Military People Had Died In This War. Domino Effect Austria-hungary Declares War Against Serbia. Germany Declares War Against Russia Because Of The Alliance With Austria-hungary.…

stockpiles of weapons in the hope that every other nation would be reluctant to fight them, this was unfortunately not the case. The spark of war ignited when a group of Yugoslav nationalist who disliked being a part of Austria-Hungary assassinated the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife as his motorcade processed through the streets of Sarajevo. Soon thereafter the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, and in turn Germany declared war on Russia. Knowing that…

The year was 1914 in Europe and it’s neighboring continents. 4 years of wars that resulted in nearly sixty million casualties, total. In a time when European countries had gone for 40years without a war, they glorified military power. When one country created a large army another country created a larger one and the process repeated itself. Soon, countries became nervous and started to form an alliance. The main three were France, Britain and Russia who agreed to help each other if they were…

Germany and keep peace all over Europe. In this, he thought France wanted revenge and no peace, so he formed a Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary; Italy later joined along with them creating the Triple Alliance. After this, Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914. Russia then decided to join and team with Serbia against Austria-Hungary for an attack. At the same time, Austria-Hungary was teaming up with Germany to fight, while France also joined the war to claim land in Germany. Belgium…

World War 1 was caused by a deep seated mistrust of countries throughout the world. This war was very unavoidable as the issues that were solved by the war were not solvable by simple compromise. Two of the main causes of war was Nationalism and Imperialism. Although nationalism can be a unifying force in a country it can also be the cause intense competition among nations. Nationalism is one of the main causes of World War 1. Nationalism is defined as a sentiment based on common cultural…

After 1871, the relations among the European powers got worse. Countries don’t want to be look down on, they wanted to prove to other countries that they are strong and can’t be defeated easily. Not only because of that, but also since they are fear of neighbouring nations who might suddenly start a fight with them, countries start to make more and more weapons and recruit more people into the armies to make sure that there army, navy and weapons are strong enough, or, strongest that other…