Sarajevo

The War To End All Wars One June evening in the 1914, in the Ottoman Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were visiting the town of Sarajevo to speak with the mayor and other officials. Six members Serbian nationalists set out to assassinate the Archduke, they had no idea the magnitude of the impact their actions would cause. Later that day, one of the men shot Ferdinand dead and sparked a war between the Serbia (the country the assassins represented) and Austria-Hungary. Shortly…

The outbreak of war in 1914 has been the subject of considerable debate ever since the war was concluded in 1918. Initially the victorious powers did blame Germany wholly for causing the war whilst historians from the 1920’s and 30’s tended to focus on the shared guilt e.g. Lloyd George argued that the nations of Europe slithered into the cauldron of war and nobody really wanted it but nobody really did anything to stop it. This argument has some credence but does not differentiate sufficiently…

When Ha arrived in America, she had no friends. “What friends? You’ll make some. What if I can’t?” (Lai, pg. 137). This is very similar to what happened to the teenagers in “Children of War”. “But I miss my friends in Sarajevo.” (Children of War, paragraph 21). When they had to leave their country, they left behind not only their homes, but their friends as well. Ha was also inside out because she couldn’t do simple things like count past twenty in the new language she…

In addition to that, the Germans took the blame for starting world war one. So, in the writing of the Versailles treaty the writers included a clause for blaming the Germans; for starting the war Germany had to pay 226 billion Reich marks in gold around £11.3 billion. They also had to give the Alsace Lorraine which hindered their ability to pay the money. The debt that Germany has to pay made them poorer than they were after the war. Hitler used the damaged Germans to give him power to fight…

There are many factors and chain of events that sparked World War l, also known as the Great War which began in August 1914, but the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist was the trigger that started the war. Tension among European countries for international order and balance of power had been underlying for decades with political, territorial, and economic conflicts contributing to the outbreak of the war, particularly among Germany, France, Great…

it can not be stopped as if there is nothing we can do about it. Creating a reluctance to become involved in the events is actually indications of feeling powerless and dreadful. Causing people to become less responsive to the events. A woman from Sarajevo that Rosen met explained when the news showed the damage of Vukovar not too far from her the only thing that went through her head was ‘Oh how horrible.’ while she proceeded to change the channel. (Sontag 2003) “Wherever people feel safe- this…

Ch. 29: Wilsonian Progressivism Abroad 1912-1916 1. Eugene Debs-He was the Socialist candidate for president in election of 1912. He was a labor leader in Pullman Strike and ran for president five times. 2. Pancho Villa-He killed many Americans in both Mexico and United States. He was never captured even though Pershing was sent to do so. 3. John J. Pershing-He was ordered with soldiers to capture Francisco Villa in Mexico. He didn’t capture Villa but crushed several forces of Carranza’s and…

Toba Ahmadi Ms. Kempin World History Honors 9 June 2015 “Chapter Questions” Question 1: Many factors triggered World War I. One factor was militarism. Right before the war, each country was concerned about growing and perfecting their army and to do so spent a lot of money. Countries expanded their armies and with the use of conscription were able to double the size of their military. Many militaries also practiced brinksmanship (or brinkmanship) in order to show strength. Meaning, that each…

travel around. Knowing this, I began to wonder: ”Where should a traveler on a budget go?” I found just the answer I was looking on a certified traveler’s blog called Budget Travel. Experienced traveler, Kashyap Bhattacharya, recommended Portugal, Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, and Berlin, Germany. There you can find inexpensive living and dining, for as little as thirty USD a day (Bhattacharya), in addition to spending time in a great travel…

In order to understand the way justice works throughout the international community, a person must understand the history behind the system and all the reasons it came to be. The Bosnia Case was the public international case of Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia and Montenegro. Dr. Francis Boyle, an adviser to Alija Izetbegović, the first Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War, filed the case. A document issued by the International Court of Justice stated that,…