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    fragile balance of power in the Balkans, enraging Serbia and Pan-Slavic nationalists throughout Europe. Infuriated by these events, the Serbian-Nationalist group the “Black Hand” sends in a group of assassins to kill Archduke Ferdinand as he visited Sarajevo with his wife. Though the assassination was covered as a minor news story, we now know that it will have unimaginable consequences. In an attempt to ‘solve’ the conflict between the 2 powers, Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia in 1914, which…

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    1914 or around that time. It was a conflict between the Allies(France, Britain, Russia and later on the United States) and the Central Powers(Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy). One major event was the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th 1914. Another cause I am going to cover is militarism because of course they had to deal with this during the war. The last cause I will talk about is imperialism because a lot of this was trying I happen. The Balkans or…

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    part of the terrorist group the black hand. It happened when they were visiting Bosnia inspecting the army in Sarajevo. They were assassinated on 28 June 1914 which was was also Serbia 's National Day. Franz Ferdinand 's visit was a direct insult to the Serbs and that also angered the Bosnian-serbian terrorists. They planned on killing him when he was driving down the main road in Sarajevo, the Appel Quay. The first conspirator who tried to kill Franz Ferdinand threw a bomb at his car, he missed…

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    the first declaration of war on Serbia by Austria-Hungary, and the joining by Italy, Germany, Russia, France, Britain and their respective allies. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip took place in a visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia in June 28, 1914 under the leadership of the Serbian Nationalist movement. The assassination group “The Black Hand”, composed…

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    There is no specific cause of World War I but everything started to fall when Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914. After the assassination of the Archduke, there're many other events that led WW1. Such as the alliances between major European countries. After the assassination, Austria-Hungary threatened war on Serbia. British and German forces first fought at the Battle of Mons in Belgium which was the first battle of many in the Western Front.…

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    Summary : ' The Ghetto '

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    I. Leokadia Jaromirska Leokadia Jaromirska lived in the Warsaw suburb of Bialoleka. 1942, while on her way to work with another woman, they heard the cries of children and saw a little girl and an eight-month-old baby abandoned near the fence of a convent. Leokadia convinced the other woman to take the girls home with her. After work she hurried back to the other woman 's home, where she found out that the woman had panicked and brought the older girl to the police station. Leokadia took the…

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    Tension In World War I

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    World War I tension had been brewing in Europe and especially in Balkan region for years before conflict actually broke out, the initial spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bonsia. Archduke R. Fernidad nephew of the Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was shot to death along with his wife by the Serbian nationalist Garrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. During this time nationalism: a patriotic feeling the principle or efforts of a nation, as well as…

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    Austro-Hungarian Empire, was one of the people who were assassinated because of his actions. He held up the process of the independence of Bosnia from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, causing chaos in Europe. As a result, he was shot inside of a car in Sarajevo, Bosnia by Serbian nationalist who didn’t want him to keep Bosnia a part of the Austria-Hungary Empire (Bodden16). The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was justified because his assassination gave independence…

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    them equal power. However, Serbia was not satisfied with this. Prior to this plan, Austria-Hungary annexed two of Serbia's territories, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia wanted those nations back under their territory. When Franz Ferdinand was visiting Sarajevo with his wife, a Serbian terrorist group named "Black Hand" assassinated both Ferdinand and his spouse. Ferdinand's uncle and emperor of Austria-Hungary, Franz-Josef, assumed that the government of Serbia was responsible and made harsh…

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    Great War Causes

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    World War I was a major event in time that historians today still look upon. Although there were multiple causes of The Great War the major causes lead to this big chaos. The main underlying causes were alliances, imperialism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. These main causes lead the road to the Great War that now remains in history but is still looked upon to this day. Allow this was a historical time in history a lot of other little tensions sparked this war as well.…

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