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What caused World War 1?
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by Feo Muchacho
on 2006-09-07 18:05:19 |
Ill give you a virtual waffel if you get this right. What specific event caused world war 1?  Japanese girls love Darth Vader...... |
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Do you mean the murdering of Archduke Fedinand, because that is believed to be what drove it into motion. There were a number of factors though, such as the arms race, Germany wanting unite Europe economically through itself... Here's a little known fact... Archduke Ferdinand could have been saved by a pair of scissors, unfortuantly nobody had any. Explain what I am talking about and I'll give you 5 waffels. (I will post an explanation tomorrow if nobody knows)
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A pair of scissors?!!? All that I know is that Britian had become one of the most powerful states during that period of time. The other states were jealous and they all wanted to be like Britian with a wide area of influence, so they armed themselves to take over other countries. The spark, however, was the murdering of Archduke Fedinand, who was as Austrian and at that time, allied with Germany and Italy. |
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There were probably many factors that set the fuse for World War 1 (ie. imperialism, expansion comlicities, militarism, etc) the murder of the Arch Duke just gave the countries the excuse that they needed to start the war...I suppose.
You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy. The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
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There were four major causes of World War 1) The rise of nationalism, (2) a build-up of military might, (3) competition for colonies, and (4) a system of military alliances. (1) Nationalism is the belief that loyalty to a nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty. (2) Nationalism encouraged public support for military build-ups and for a country’s use of force to achieve its goals. (3) During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, European nations competed to have colonies in Africa and Asia. Competition for colonies strained relations among European countries. Which led to several clashes between certain European countries. (4) The Triple Alliance also known as the Three Emperors’ League was formed in 1881. Germany’s prime minister, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, formed a series of alliances to strengthen his country’s security by making Germany an ally of Austria-Hungary and of Italy. All of these events led up to the assassination of Archduke Frances Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, which triggered World War I. BTW: A tiny clipping from a newspaper, mailed without comment from a secret band of terrorists in Zagreb, capital of Croatia, to their comrades in Belgrade, was the torch which set the world afire with war in 1914. The little clipping declared that the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand would visit Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, June 28, to direct army maneuvers in the neighboring mountains. is that right???
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