Ferdinand Foch

What Was the Underlying Cause of World War 1? On the surface, World War 1 may seem like it started due to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, who was pregnant at the time. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg, as this gruesome conflict was the result of many other, less obvious, factors that caused tensions to rise until conflict could not be avoided. The war lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918; being fought in Europe,…

World War I began on July, 28 1914. The main reasons for this was mutual defense alliances, countries throughout Europe made defense agreements that would pull them into battle. These agreements meant that if one country was attacked then allied countries would defend them. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia allied with Serbia. German declared war on Russia. During all this, France was against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany went to war with France in Belgium puling…

The first major war since the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most devastating and unjustifiable wars of all time. The Great War of 1914 began in Sarajevo with the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian terrorist group, the Narodna Odbrana. The war began as a small dispute between two countries but soon spread through the entirety of Europe. The expansion was largely due to alliances made prior to the war. These alliances were made due to fear, revenge,…

World War I began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, using the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian as an excuse for them to keep their power over Bosnia. This seemingly small conflict between two countries soon, like a chain reaction, dragged allies from both countries into the war, the main two alliances being the Central Powers and the Allied Forces. On Austria-Hungary’s side were Germany and Italy; together, they were part of the Central Powers.…

(A-H) and Italy. This meant that Europe in 1914 was basically divided in to two sides that hated it each other so one thing could trigger the war because they had to help each other due to agreements and treaties. This meant when archduke Franz Ferdinand of A-H was assassinated by Serbian nationalists Germany backed A-H and Russia decided to…

In the year of 1917, world war one in Europe had been going on for three years and America was not yet involved. President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected president using the campaign slogan "He Kept Us Out of War". Britain was calling for the United States to get involved in the war. Events such as the sinking of the RMS Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram helped convince Woodrow Wilson, with the help of events such as the Zimmermann Telegram and the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Eventually, on…

World war 1 had a big impact on society. You may ask yourself, what caused world war 1. More importantly the factors that caused it. The growth and outpouring of nationalism in Europe in the 1800’s and early 1900’s is the overall cause of the first world war. It impacted most,if not all, of the causes of the war. I disagree that nationalism was what caused world war 1, because of the numerous amount of rules played during this time of world war 1. Nationalism led European nations compete…

It is heavily debated that the German Schlieffen Plan in 1914 was a key factor in the outbreak of European war. The plan was unsuccessful in attacking France due to Belgian intervention. As a result, tensions increased and Britain ultimately declared war. Taylor in Source 1 argues how the plan indeed contributed to the outbreak of war, thus making it inevitable. However, Martel in Source 2 refutes from Taylor’s perspective, arguing that the plan was only carried out through a defensive motive by…

Austria-Hungary was willing to go to war with Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as long as they could be provided with Germany’s support of the situation. Germany, terrified of being encircled by the Triple Entente and confident that Russia would not intervene, offered unconditional support for Austria-Hungary in the event of…

1. What were the trenches? Why was the system of the trench employed? Trench warfare is said to have begun in September 1914 but the idea of the trench warfare did not begin then, trenches had been used in the U.S civil war, and the Russian-Japanese war. The trenches were the front lines, the most dangerous places to be. Behind the front lines was a mass supply of many things like training establishment’s stores, workshops, Head-quarters and many other elements that would be needed in a 1918…