Sarajevo

Human Nature, Plagues and the Antidote People are born with an equal capacity to do good and to do evil. In every person there is a ceaseless battle between Eros and Thanatos; the need to preserve and conserve life and the need to destroy all living things, respectively. Life has myriad of events that bring Eros and Thanatos into conflict. War is a constant in human nature so it is expected that was will also be seen in the physical world. War is aided by many different sources but on of the…

to when alliances would outrage and one country would go against another. To begin, the immediate cause of the war would be the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. He was shot and killed on the day of June 28, 1914, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The…

When World Powers Collide World War One, also known as “The Great War,” was fought between the Central Powers of Europe: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy and the Allies of Europe, who were also known as the Triple Entente: France, Russia, Great Britain, and the United States who later joined. World War One was an intense and violent war, that was triggered by the assignation of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The war began on July 28, 1914, the day that history was changed forever. Although…

We humans doubt our actions when we fight our own battles. The author of The Sunflower, Simon Wiesenthal, went through a sentimental battle. He was a Jew in the Holocaust, while working one day he was taken by a nurse to meet a SS Nazi soldier who was close to death. This SS Nazi soldier surprisingly told Wiesenthal, a Jew in the Holocaust, about all the crimes and death he has done and then he asked for forgiveness for all the people he has killed or potentially hurt. The author Wiesenthal…

Units 1-3 Reading Summary - Canadian History Unit 1 - Causes of WW1 and The Roaring 20’s Many people believe that the direct beginning of the first World War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo in late June of 1914. That act was would later be known as the shot heard around the world.This is believed to be the direct cause as the shooters responsible were apart of a Serbian terrorist group and because Germany was an ally of the Austria-Hungary Empire, they…

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, Religion is defined as the worship of a superhuman or a belief in a God. Over the ages, we as human beings have seen may wars waged. However, a vast amount of these wars have varying principles on which war had begun.War is defined as the state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country ( Oxford Dictionary); Some debate on whether the root cause of warfare is deeper than just misconceptions, or the overall…

The archduke and his wife, Sophia, were on an official state visit to and in Sarajevo, a Bosnian city. The couple was riding about the streets in an open convertible, and suddenly Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand (a terrorist organization group of Slavs), shot at the convertible, killing the Archduke and his wife, with…

In June 1914, a Serbian nationalist assassinated him and his wife while they were in Sarajevo, Bosnia which was part of Austria-Hungary. This was in protest to Austria-Hungary having control of this region. Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia and Herzegovina. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to mobilize due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia. Thus began the expansion of the war to include all those involved in the mutual…

World War One curated throughout the years of 1914-1918. There was much tension between countries long before the war begun due to conflicts over resources, land, military forces, ideas and technological changes during the 1800’s. It was then one event in 1914 that ignited World War One. By 1907, there was two major alliance groups. The Triple Alliance was formed in 1882, when Italy decided to join the alliance between Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was then two and a half decades…

country or another country were to declare war on them, the allies must supply troops and materials as if they were in a war as well. On June 28 1914, soon after the alliance was formed, the Austrian leader Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited the city of Sarajevo in the imperialized…