Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

or the family, It's just starting (Karl Marlantes).To this day many people are debating whether the treaty of Versailles cause WWII. During the first world war there was more than 38 million casualties, all starting from the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria which ended up creating a domino effect of many countries fighting for four years.But once the war was over the Allies decided that peace was needed so they made a treaty. In the treaty germany had to agree to things such…

Imperialism was a belief that a country must expand and take over other weak nations to be powerful/successful. The British Octopus illustrates that the Germans are trying to convince other people that the British are trying to imperialist Europe; and the Germans should declare a war to stop them, because the British octopus’s tentacles are stretched over Europe towards North America and other continents. This primary source helps explain imperialization was an underlying cause of the war…

Americans were a great entity, and will be the main focal point on in this paper. Because of Britain 's trade and tactics, America was drawn into a war they didn’t want to get involved in. The immediate cause of the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an Austrian-Hungary leader, by the Black Hand. In all reality, that was not the biggest factor of the war. The causes of the war make the acronym M.A.I.N. Militarism, also called the arms race, was the feeling that if Britain…

conditions were indeed strongest in Germany, Italy, Austria and Hungary, it is important to first take note of the similarities that existed between these countries. First off, before the start of World War I, all of the powers specified were great. They each had powerful militaries which broadcasted their superiority and portrayed them as a force to be reckoned with. Each great power also had a thriving sense of nationalism within its people. Germany and Austria-Hungary were all a part of the…

calculations” and national interest, and the armistice that lead to the Treaty of Versailles would prove that national interest is always in the mind of nations when they go into war, and when they end the war. At the time, Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, while the source of the…

nations. World War I was the biggest conflict known to mankind at the time, due to the conflicts of Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Known as the Great War it saw nine million people die in the course of four years. All of this tragedy happened because of modern weapons and new warfare strategies. The biggest tragedy known to mankind, now World War I only started because of the assassination of Archduke…

World War I began with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand who was the archduke of Austria-Hungary (History.com, 2009). Following the assassination, there were many events after that made World War I continue. These events included Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia, Turkey and Germany signing a secret treaty of alliance, Germany declaring war on France and also invading Belgium which lead Britain to declare war on Germany, and Austria-Hungary invading Russia (History.com, 2009)…

When Serbia denied Austria-Hungary’s request to conduct an investigation on Serbian land, AH declared war on Serbia. Russia then declared war on AH to protect the people of Serbia. As a consequence of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance, treaties that required countries…

soldier was a terrible time during this war. Woman for once has had a chance to work. World War I changed the world in many ways. Before The Great War, there was tension between Europe regions Serbian, Austria-Hungary, and especially in the Balkan region. Due to the conflict, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was sent to help with this conflict. He however was killed along with his wife by a man named Gavrilo Princip. Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian nationalist. He and other nationalist were…

as well as tore apart people from twenty-eight nations. The catalyst, was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, which led Austria to declare war on Serbia. This one event created a snowball effect in just a matter of days creating a division between two armed forces; the Allied Powers of France, Russia and Great Britain against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The battle began on July 28,…