Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

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    happened? There are many reasons that contributed to the outbreak of War. There were long and short term causes. These included rivalry between Germany and Britain, tension in Austria-Hungary and Franco Prussian Empire. The assassination at Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Countess Sophie, heir to Austria-Hungarian Throne by a Bosnian Serb was just one cause - the spark that set alight the tensions of Europe at the beginning of the 20th Century. Some

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    significant to Serbian nationalists. The way the actual assassination actually occurred were as follows; on June 28th 1914 the Archduke and his wife were touring Sarajevo in an open car, with little to no security, when a Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Carbrinvoic threw a bomb at their car; it rolled off the back and wounded some bystanders and an officer. Ironically later that day, on the way to visit the officer that got injured, Franz Ferdinand took a wrong turn and ended up right in the view of Gavrilo

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    said to be many different reasons, but some of the main focus points were the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, mutual defense alliances, militarism, imperialism, and nationalism. Before World War 1 even began, the tension was thick and heavy between the countries of Europe. The major combatants of the World War 1 were divided up into two camps. They were the triple alliance who was Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary and the triple entente who were Britain, France and Russia. In my opinion

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    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary. The assassination was planned by a Serbian terrorist group, called, “The Black Hand”. The man who shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife was a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip. Gavrilo Princip wanted the Austro-Hungarian Empire out of Bosnia. To me, the cause of the war was mainly nationalism and alliances. While Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s murder was

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    There were multiple causes to the Great War, some of which include, the defense alliances between countries, imperialism, and not to mention the assassination of the Archduke. While the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was most definitely the tipping point, as well as the immediate cause, the small things that escalated the problem cannot be overlooked. Over the course of 100 years, European countries had been locked in land battles

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    Why Did Ww1 Start

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    them kinda want to “show off” their new arsenal of fancy, new, better, guns (causing them to be a bit more “antsy” for war). The next and final reason was The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Although the actual assassination of the Archduke wouldn't have been very important to the war at any other time. But, his assassination at this time caused the war to actually begin because all the countries have been at each other's necks just waiting for any reason to start a war.

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    there are many reasons why Austria-Hungary could shoulder this responsibility. As soon as Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed, Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia and took the offensive. It was their goal to immediately react to this injustice by advocating a resolution that required Serbia to acknowledge their power. However, Serbia sought independence. Their relationship with Austria-Hungary had been strained, and the Serbians wanted to break away from Austria-Hungary, but still preserve

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    Allies, Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States, and the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. There is a lot of conflict that goes around about who started World War I. In a way all countries is to blamed for starting the war but some more than others. Although in some ways Germany did not play a major role in causing World War I due to conflicts between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, to a great extent Germany should be blamed for World War I because of the

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    to blame is between Serbia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany. Although there is a disagreement on which of these countries were the potential cause for World War 1, Serbia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany were the main reasons for the outbreak of World War 1. Serbia is a potential cause of the outbreak of World War 1 because of the tension it had with Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary had taken over some Serbian land, Serbia did not like this and they wanted revenge on Austria-Hungary. Serbia then had created

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    The delicate peace in Europe sat on the basis of the alliance system that easily pulled allies and enemies of countries into war after the Austro-Hungarian Empire targeted the Kingdom of Serbia because Serbian nationalists assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Since the great powers of the time feared each other, they formed alliances and ententes that brought them safety in case of attack and provided diplomatic support. When the German Empire starts

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