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Tension In Ww1

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5. There are many events that led up to World War I, but the most significant one was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife in 1914. After the assassination, the word spread and Serbia was in deep waters with Austria-Hungary since the assassins were of Serbian descent. Austria-Hungary took awhile to respond to the assassination, but eventually “on July 28, they declared war on Serbia, even though the army would not be ready to attack until mid-August” (836). The Triple Entente, which included Russia, Britain, and France would become enemies with Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. With Germany pressuring Austria-Hungary into war, Europe would never be the same again. Diplomatic efforts to resolve tensions and differences between Austria-Hungary and Serbia were rejected and war had begun, which pleased a war-hungry Germany who was looking for anything to begin a fight with its European neighbors. …show more content…

France and England were dominant countries, not only in Europe, but around the world as well. Germany, on the other hand, was not quite a world power like France and Britain. Germany, like Britain and France, wanted to be as powerful, if not more, not only in Europe, but throughout the world. This tension and pressure of European and world power was building between these rival countries before 1914. Germany was in competition with France and Britain for several decades leading up to World War I. Both Germany and France would more than double the size of their armies and, at the same time, compete for spreading their ideals and beliefs in Europe and throughout the world. Germany also competed with Britain by similarly wanting to spread their ideals and beliefs in Europe and throughout the world. Britain possessed the largest and most powerful navy in the world at this time. Not to be outdone, Germany looked to build its own navy to be a mighty and powerful as

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