Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

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…

Plato, an ancient philosopher, once said, “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” Men have gone to war for centuries for property, for with property comes power. Imperialism, the extension of a country's power and property through conquering other lands, has brought the world into a state of constant war for power. It is evident that imperialism has had a negative effect on the course on history just by looking at the amounts of war the world has experienced. The Opium Wars and both World Wars…

Comparing All Quiet on the Western Front to Actualities in World War One The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the twenty-eighth of June, 1914, in Bosnia sparked the Great War. Later known as World War One, it was fought between the Allied Powers, Britain, France, Italy, and the United States, and the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungry, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Many novels and movies have been made featuring this monstrosity. One such novel is the classic All Quiet on the…

and Russia against the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. World War One was one of the most deadliest was in the history of the world. More than sixteen million soldiers and civilians perished during the four year European conflict. World War One began on June 28, 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. Austria-Hungary declared war and invaded Serbia on July…

also known as the “ Great War”, was a global conflict that lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11,1918. It was a battle between the Central Powers ( Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) and the Allies ( France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan and the U.S who later joined in 1917) caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Great War also lead to the fall for each of the Central Powers and a Russian rebellion. Furthermore, Trench warfare is the strategy of defending a…

World War I started in the middle of 1914 because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war went on for 5 more years, until the Treaty of Versailles was created and commanded the armies to seize fire. World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919. This peace treaty kept from any wars starting for less than two decades, then came World War II. The Treaty of Versailles’ name came from where it was signed, the Versailles Palace. The Allies wrote the treaty and in order to have it…

Empire. The Black Hand which was a serbian terrorist group planned the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. On June 28th, 1914, the Archduke attended a parade and there was a failed attempt to assassinate him. After he evaded the scene he went in a popular sandwich shop. Serbian nationalist Gabrial Princips who was the same shooter who froze, just happened to drive by and saw the opportunity to kill the Archduke and so he did. This caused…

decline, and eventually leading to the beginning of World War II. The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke, Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary believed that the Serbians were the reprehensible group for committing this act because they knew Serbia was angered by the upcoming annexation of territories they believe should be theirs. After the assassination, chaos began to set in as countries allied together and, in a confusing sequence of events,…

War I is very debatable; however most historians agree that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife was the most immediate cause. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to mobilize due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia. Finally, Great Britain entered the war against Germany a couple days later and then was against Austria-Hungary. The drivers of these players in the war are based on…

builds up over time, leading to the people wanting to fight. Because nations began to accept this as their reality, they lost their sense of normality and started to glorify war, even going as far as encouraging it. When countries such as Germany and Austria-Hungary began to incorporate militarism, it increased their confidence enough to start attacking other nations and go to war. This kind of intense focus on military prowess and violence led to WWI. Imperialism, nationalism, and…