Austrian Empire

encircled and destroyed by German and Austrian troops. In the Battle of the Masurian Lakes, the other army was chased out of East Prussia. In these two battles, Russia suffered about 250,000 casualties. Unlike Germany, Austria-Hungary had less success on the Eastern Front. With little success, Austria-Hungary’s forces attacked Serbia three times by the end of 1914. Also, Russia had captured a large amount of Galicia, an Austro-Hungarian province.…

feel that their nation is better, and better off as an autonomous state that rules itself, and they might be willing to go to many extremes to achieve this. This nationalism has affected Italy and Germany as well as Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. In these countries, nationalism was either a unifying or a dividing factor that affected these countries in positive or negative ways. Both Italy and Germany were originally divided into separate states. In Italy, the men who worked to unify…

POLITICAL SITUATION OF INDIA DURING ANGLO-FRENCH WAR The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb died in 1707. Bahadur Shah I succeeded him. However, there was a significant decline in the central control over the empire during the tenure of Jahandar Shah and later emperors. In the mean time, Nizam-ul-Mulk established Hyderabad as an independent kingdom. After his death, his son: Nasir Jung and his grandson: Muzaffar Jung started to fight against each other for the throne, which gave an opportunity to French…

Ferdinand of the Austria-Hungary Empire by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, the sentiment between European powers was already on the brink of war. An increasingly militaristic German Empire sought to expand their boundaries and diplomatic alliances were failing at an alarming rate between the European powers, shifting military alliances between two sects. The Central Powers, primarily the German, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman, and Bulgarian Empires, were in an all-out war…

and his successor’s reign. Their empire was short lived, only 126 years, due to no cohesive elements like religion or culture, but they expanded to a size only rivaled by the British Empire at its peak. The Ottomans, on the other hand, survived for a whopping 624 years! They replaced the Byzantines, or the eastern Roman Empire, as the prominent power within the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Both the Mongols and the Ottomans are considered two of the strongest empires to exist. Of course, they…

colonial powers, depending on the calculations of whether maintenance of the empire exceeded their value of the European powers. Image 1 displays the colonial world dominance in 1939, showing the significantly large proportion of the world’s population living under the sovereignty of a colonial power. At this stage, the European empires reached their largest extent resulting from the fall of the Ottoman and Austrian empires. The world wars contributed vastly to the weakening in Europe’s ability…

them as subject territories. It is unsurprising that a polish individual would want to be part of poland as opposed to Russian or german or Austrian after this kind of treatment. Nationalism lead to increasing volatility in many areas sparking both opportunity and danger for the large countries that wanted to maintain and expand their territorial empires.…

What would you do if 17 million people died because of you? While the unwarranted murder of anyone is morally wrong and should not happen, there have been a few cases in history where someone who was assassinated got what they deserved. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, despite multiple warnings from his security advisors of terrorist activity by the “Black Hand,” decided to make a trip to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo (Ferrera 1). The heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was shot and killed…

patriotism, already under German command. A Hapsburg, Ferdinand I, climbed the throne in 1526. The Czechs revolted in 1618, accelerating the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). Crushed in 1620, they were ruled for the following 300 years as a feature of the Austrian domain. Full freedom from the Hapsburgs was not accomplished until the end of World War…

U.S. Honors Pre-WWI Name: Yash Parikh_________________ Score: ______ Read Chapter 8. Do further research on databases and books. Your textbook is a resource but cannot be used as a cited source. You must have a Works Cited page. 1. Compare and contrast the foreign policies of Bismarck vs. Kaiser Wilhelm. How were their decisions significant to WWI? (At least…