Ferdinand II

alliances. On June 28th, 1914, Austria-Hungary’s Archduke “Francis Ferdinand, Austrian heir, and [his] wife [were] murdered (Doc 10)” in Sarajevo, Bosnia. His assassin was Gavrilo Princip, who was a Bosnian Serb and was in an organization that seeked to end Austro-Hungarian rule in his home of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Princip was said to have “fired the shot that started World War 1”, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was considered one of the, if not THE, main cause(s) of The First

and with it came an uneasy peace to Europe for twenty. The war that ranged from 1939 to 1945 became known as World War II, a sequel to WWI with and even larger death toll than before. Although they were twenty years apart, World War II can be seen as a continuation of World War I and not a war of its own. On June 28th, 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia the Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. This led to the

prejudice, death, and destruction. The most significant armed are World War I and World War II. They were total wars because all the people of the world were involved. They began because of political unrest, longing for power, and alliances. They had devastating effects on the world such as mass death, destabilization of governments, and (specific to WWII) genocide. WWI began July 28 after Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife were shot dead by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip in protest

Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. “These nations banded together, mostly out of national pride.” Rivalries were very chaotic at this time, mostly for the want of revenge. Nation’s were still upset over the assassination of Francis Ferdinand. The desire of revenge led to the growing of national self-interest. The growing of

The beginning of the twentieth century brought with it relative peace and growth of economies throughout the world. New technological developments such as airplanes, radio, cinema, and automobiles were created during this time frame. Europe’s powerful countries consolidated in their colonial conquests from earlier decades that balanced their alliances. However, after only a few decades into the twentieth century multiple tensions between the great powers surfaced. These tensions caused the great

during World War II, they decided to try and resist their rule instead of comply with all of their demands. One of these was trying to take all of the Jews. An example of saving them was Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz who was a German diplomat. When he learned that Germany was planning to purge all of the Jews, he warned the country so that they were able to get almost

balance of power. The date July 28th, 1914, World War I started because of old assassination, hatred, and treaties. A lot of things led to the war, but the main cause for the start was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Franz Ferdinand was killed by a member of the Black Arm Gang who was a terrorist group in the country Bosnia; they wanted to have independence for their country. This started an attack of Austria-Hungary invading Serbia. Russia had a treaty

1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan, and the United States. More than 16 million people – soldiers and civilians alike- were dead. World War II, Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and World War II had begun. Among the estimated 45-60

caused, how the wars ended, in regards to who lost, and propaganda. The casualties, the cost, and the military tactics however, were some of their differences. World War I was caused by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914. However, World War II was caused by the political and economic instability in Germany, along with the bad conditions of the Treaty of Versailles . When the treaty of Versailles was put into affect, Germany acknowledged responsibility for the war

allies lead to causes of the Second World War. In the 20th century, there was political tension between European countries; colonialism and Imperialism was on almost every government’s agenda. Once “a Serbian nationalist assassinated…Archduke Franz Ferdinand,” European countries spiraled into war (Strayer 983). Each side drew support from different countries like the United States which is why the Allied powers won the First World War. As a result, Germany was reprimanded consequences written in the