Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

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    Ww1 Alliance System

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    primary countries in the central powers were Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. In the alliances each country had their role a few accumulated millions of troops were others were mainly used for resources. Meanwhile WWI happened over 100 years ago as well as had a big impact. Over 100 years ago in 1914 was the start of World War One. It began due to the assassination of archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand. After Which Austria-Hungary declared war on Siberia. The war…

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    The Russian Revolution was a series of events that destroyed the Tsarist autocracy, and created the Soviet Union. Many of the events that lead to this were such as the February revolution, the October revolution and the Russian Civil War. These three revolutions took place between March 8, 1917 and October 1922. The Russian revolution made a huge impact on many countries around the world as Russia began a new era under the Soviet Union. The first revolution that took place in Russia was the…

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    joining WWI. For Germany, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary was their reason. For the United States, it was the signing of the Lusitania Ferdinand was assassinated in the summer of 1914 by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo. Ferdinand's assassination created immense tension between Germany and Russia. As mentioned before, Germany had been looking for any excuse to dominate Europe, so they used the tragedy of Austria-Hungary's heir as…

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    Nationalism In WW2

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    Through total war, the unification of the KMT and CCP, and the Dunkirk evacuation, nationalism unified people in their beliefs, which allowed for stronger nations. However, nationalism of people with a similar ethnicity, such as, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the May fourth movement, and German Uber-nationalism, separated groups and led to conflict. In Big Era Eight (1900-1945), nationalism driven by…

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    “Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be.” (Document 3). These were the words from President Woodrow Wilson to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. During the beginning of World War I, German submarine warfare sunk the ships of any nation, neutral or not, killing numerous amounts of people. Among these people were one hundred and twenty-eight Americans who were, up until this point, neutral to the war. I believe that American…

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    Was World War 1 Inevitable

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    immediate and underlying causes which originated from different nations. Unlike World War II, it is not clear which party started World War I. Germany has been blamed by some, but there are others who see it differently. While the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, and his wife is widely regarded as an immediate and impactful origin of the war, the underlying origins have not been so clear. Political, territorial, and economic conflicts amongst all the great European powers…

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    The First World War (WWI)

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    alliances: The Triple Alliance consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, and the Triple Entente composed of Russia, Britain, and France. The Triple Alliance later became the Central Powers, along with the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The Triple Entente became the Allied Powers. These alliances would come in to play if any of the countries involved in the alliance were involved in a war. For World War I, the threat of war started between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, which wasn’t part of…

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    1918, it caused the death of 17 million people, and so many other tragedies. Back in 1914, on the day of June 28, the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by a member of a Serbian terrorist group, the Black Hand. A man named Gavrilo Princip, a member of this group shot and killed Ferdinand, and essentially began a war. But the assassination of Ferdinand did more than just start the First World War. As mentioned before, this was supposed…

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    to the advancements of technology used in military warfare. Another cause of WWI was the assassination of, the heir of the Austro-Hungarians throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. Gavrilo Princip, a Serb belonging to the group Black Hand, shot and killed Archduke and Franz wife Sophie. The Black Hand wanted to make Serbia to be independent from Austria Hungary. The assassination of Ferdinand led both countries to eventually declare on each…

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    known as the Great War which began in August 1914, but the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist was the trigger that started the war. Tension among European countries for international order and balance of power had been underlying for decades with political, territorial, and economic conflicts contributing to the outbreak of the war, particularly among Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. Imperialism, nationalism, militarism and…

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