Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Russia, France, Great Britain and Austria-Hungary. The opposing sides during and after the war were called the Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, the Central powers, and the Allied Powers. The Triple Alliance was created before the war and included Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. The Triple Entente, created before the war, and included Great Britain, France, and Russia. The Central Powers was created during the war consisting of Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary. The Allied…

Many things contributed to the cause of World War 1. Some of which were imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and alliances. Nationalism is belief that your country is above all other countries and nations. Imperialism is the controlling of another nation or country by the power of military. Militarism is the belief that a country or nation should have a strong military and be prepared to use it. Though imperialism and militarism might have been the biggest cause of World War 1. In reality,…

is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Furthermore, the struggle for the strongest army was also a cause in the start of World War I. In 1914, Russia was the self-appointed protector of the slavic peoples. So when the Tsar heard that Austria wanted to annex Hungary, he felt obligated to intervene in such affairs.This is evident in the telegrams between the Tsar of Russia and the Kaiser of Germany. In the first telegram, the Tsar pleads to the Kaiser to stop their ally, Austria, from…

The reason behind any event taking place is because it is caused by another changing factor – where the change is seen in an optimistic or pessimistic light – and is also referred to as the Domino Effect. For example, countries around the world have wars and miscommunication with each other due to a variety of factors – whether they are military, political, or economic struggles. In other words, Europe’s history has had an influence on Africa, Spain, and other nations, as well. One of these…

Main causes of The Great War For years historians have argued over the main causes of The Great War, more famously know as World War 1, however, it is quite obvious that the leading cause for the costly endeavor was Imperialism. The want for expansion was rampant for most European countries, and it was even said that “In their haste to conquer and colonize, the imperial powers stumbled over each other, repeatedly clashing in one corner of the globe or another,” (38). Nations were already on…

One of the major cause for the great changes during World War Era, 1890-1945, is the economic downturn. In fact most of the changes were done due to the economic crises. For example, the British debts from the Seven Years War brought England and colonists’ relationship to its knee, then again in 1780’s, the inflation of the Continental Currency forced the colonists to redesign the government system, thus constitution was adopted as the solution for strugger central government. No matter what…

World War I: A time during which all of humanity was in panic. Men were fighting, people were dying, and food was scant. Imperialism had caused tension between almost every nation, which sent the armies running for their weapons. However, The United States originally tried to stay out of the conflict and remain neutral. That is, until 1917 when America declared war on Germany. There are many reasons why the U.S decided to detour from their original plans of neutrality, but there are two that…

One truly was an incredible war. In a matter of four years, there were huge advancements in technology, borders of countries changed, economies changed, and thousands of lives were sacrificed. The event that sparked the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but behind that, there were other reasons. One of them was that many of the nations had treaties with one another, so once one country went to war with another, multiple other countries were dragged into the affair in a…

Sarajevo, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist by the name of Gavrilo Princip. Gavrilo was the third of seven assassins that organized by the secret military society from Serbia known as the black hand. The reason Francis Ferdinand assassination was to keep him from making changes when Gavrilo supposed to inherit the Austria-Hungarian throne. With the assassination of their Archduke, the…

World War One, or “the war to end all wars”, was a bloody and ruthless was that saw many new types of warfare never seen before. Air warfare and chemical are just some of the examples. Before the war had even began countries were trying to see who could build the “biggest and baddest” new war machine whether it be a handheld like a grenade or gun, tanks and navy ships. Unfortunately after our servicemen came home, either they had forgotten or hadn’t know at all, why the war had started at all.…