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Germany also deployed the Schlieffen plan and sent troops to invade neutral Belgium and go into France; and Germany openly provoked Great Britain and France with their pursuit of an arms race and their buildup of a strong navy. Germany encouraged Austria-Hungary to attack Serbia, believing that it could strengthen its southern…

World War 1 is a very prominent war in our history. Many countries fought in this war and many people didn’t finish it. Many different things impacted on the people not fighting in the war and the people fighting in the war. World War 1 had united many countries and families together but also at the same time many of them were separated. World War 1 was a global war that took place in Europe. The war began on 28th July 1914 and ended on the 11th November 1918. More than 70 million military…

States and Europe race to colonize Africa and even Asia. Some countries have their own agenda for participating in the war. Austria wanted to use the conflict to assert Authority. Russia saw the conflict as a way to regain the czar's authority.…

Document 3: War. A subject matter that isn’t that hard to understand, for example the definition according to google is, “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.” This definition isn’t really that meaningful because it doesn’t say anything about how wars are started, how it affects society, economics, culture, and many other things. Although google gives a very broad definition of war,…

In the 28th of June, 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, next in line to the throne of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo. Bosnia-Herzegovina during a touring session, within the city by a Black Hand Assassin, Gavrilo Princip. Franz Ferdinand was an advocate of increased federalism and widely believed to favor tribalism, under which Austria-Hungary would be reorganized by combining the Slavic lands within the Austro-Hungarian empire into a third crown. Supportive of this idealism, the…

Many thought their husbands and fathers would be home that Christmas, they were wrong. In 1914, Europe went to war for four long years, losing the lives of millions of men. For many years, people debate over the same question: “What really caused World War I?” The three underlying causes to World War I were the alliances, militarism, and the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Duke. The most significant cause to World War I were the alliances.With the tensions high between alliances like…

Both Austria-Hungary and Serbia had alliances that not only supported their desire to go to war, but agreed to aid in their battle against their enemies. Austria-Hungary was allied with Italy and Germany in the Triple Alliance, which lasted from 1882 to 1914. Serbia was allied with Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Russia. Italy was originally allied with Austria-Hungary, but later allied with Serbia. Because of these strong and…

Ferdinand and his wife. To understand this senseless murder/assassination, one has to examine the 1878 Treaty of Berlin, which recognized Serbia as a sovereign state, but diminished the size of the Kingdom of Serbia and allowed the occupation of Austria-Hungary by Bosnia and Herzegovina. Over the ensuing decades, Serbia’s discontent increased and between 1909 and 1914, Serbian nationalists attempted several unsuccessful assassinations against Austro-Hungarian officials (New World Encyclopedia).…

factors that led to this war that was fought from 1914 until 1918. Tension over foreign policy between the countries had been building and one thing continued to lead to another. During this time Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia but Bosnia wanted to be its own independent country. So while the Prince of Austria-Hungary was in Bosnia on a visit, a terrorist group called the Black Hand plotted to assassinate him. This group was composed of one person from Bosnia and five people from their ally…

An alliance is defined as, “A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.” With Austria-Hungary and Germany uniting, it created tension throughout Europe. With this alliance, both countries thought they deserved more due to their more powerful state. The people of the countries not only felt a greater feeling of nationalism, but they…