Ferdinand Marcos

Later in History, the first biggest arms race started between the European Nations prior to World War I. Professor Brose of history and politics at Drexel University has said that the arms race of new weapons played a big role in the causes of World War I, “Especially evident in these tables, however, is the behind-the-scenes “quiet” arms race: the consistently more rapid annual increase of new weapon expenditures in the inflation-free environment of pre-1914,” (Brose). When the European nations…

Causes of World War II Analyse the significance of these TWO causes on the outbreak of World War II. World War 2 was an enormous international conflict that rocked the world. During the event, there were two opposing groups; the Axis Powers (led by Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allied Powers (including Great Britain, the United States and China). The war erupted from the effects of numerous factors which caused an upset across the world. Amongst these various causes, two of them were the…

with each other. Those three things are the alliance systems, nationalism, and militarism also imperialism played a little part as well. The war sparked in the Austria-Hungary empire, when the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. Austria-Hungary ruled over Serbia and Serbia wanted freedom, the way to do that is to assassinate the heir but, that was not such a good idea. Then on July 18, 1914…

The assassination of Austria’s crown prince at Sarajevo in Bosnia triggered the First World War on 28 July 1914. At the Balkan Peninsula, conflict of imperialism, such as Germany, England, France, and Russia etc., was started. The central powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria; the opposite parties which are called the allied powers were British Empire, France, Russia, and United States of America etc even though U.S.A entered later the war in 1917. When the First…

World War I was the first international war of its time. It lasted from 1914 to November of 1918 and there were 17 million deaths during the war. Many causes of WWI included militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Although, the major underlying cause of WWI was militarism. Militarism was created by the growth of Armaments, the upbringing of military gunships, and that military power is seen as a symbol of national prestige. These three crucial reasons are what led up to WWI. One…

World War I started in 1914, when the archduke of Austria-Hungary was murdered, and ended in 1918 (Source 5). Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire formed an alliance against the United States, Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, and Japan (Source 5). World War I had many negative effects on the United States. It hurt soldiers, citizens, and it led to World War II. At first the United States wanted to stay neutral (Source 11). What changed their mind was two things. The first…

cause of the war because if a country declared war on another country their ally would step in and defend them. An example would be the Background essay: Causes of WW1 Mini-Q. Austrian leaders wanted an apology from Serbia for killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. Serbia allied with Russia then Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary and Austria-Hungary’s ally, Germany declared war on Russia. France, Russia’s ally, declared on Germany and…

Many things contributed to the cause of World War 1. Some of which were imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and alliances. Nationalism is belief that your country is above all other countries and nations. Imperialism is the controlling of another nation or country by the power of military. Militarism is the belief that a country or nation should have a strong military and be prepared to use it. Though imperialism and militarism might have been the biggest cause of World War 1. In reality,…

The world went to war due to distinctive reasons. One of the main reasons is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Furthermore, the struggle for the strongest army was also a cause in the start of World War I. In 1914, Russia was the self-appointed protector of the slavic peoples. So when the Tsar heard that Austria wanted to annex Hungary, he felt obligated to intervene in such affairs.This is evident in the telegrams between the Tsar of Russia and the Kaiser of Germany. In the first…

of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This war was known as ‘The Great War’ because millions of lives were taken during the battles. The war was mainly fought between the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) and the Triple Entente (Russia, France, Britain). The two causes of the war were the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the widespread of militarism, while the effect was the rise of Adolf Hitler. One cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The…