For four years, from to , World War I raged across Europe's western and eastern fronts, after growing tensions and then the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ignited the war.
Trench warfare and the early use of tanks, submarines and airplanes meant the The instability created in Europe by the First World War set the stage for another international conflict—World War II—which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating. Rising to power in an economically and politically unstable Germany, Adolf World War I was unlike any conflict the world had ever seen. Europe by Almost exactly a century before, a meeting of the European states at the Congress of Vienna had established an international order and balance of power that lasted for almost a century.
By , however, a multitude of forces were threatening to tear it apart. World War I, which lasted from until , introduced the world to the horrors of trench warfare and lethal new technologies such as poison gas and tanks.
The result was some of the most horrific carnage the world had ever seen, with more than 16 million military personnel Trenches—long, deep ditches dug as protective defenses—are When Nicholas declared war against Germany and Austria-Hungary in July , he was absolute ruler of a realm of nearly million people that stretched from Central On the night of April 3, , President Woodrow Wilson began to suffer from a violent cough.
His condition quickly worsened to the point that his personal doctor, Cary Grayson, thought the president might have been poisoned. Grayson later described the long night spent at Live TV.
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That the war was inevitable is questionable, but certainly the notion of glorious war, of war as a good for nation-building, was strong pre By the end of the war, it was dead.
TV A new online only channel for history lovers. Sign Me Up. Dan interviews the brilliant historian Nick Lloyd, author of The Western Front who tells a much more nuanced account of the Western Front.
A British cartoon of Europe in Margaret MacMillan talks to her nephew Dan about the road to They discuss the role that masculine insecurity played in the build up to the war and also examine the construct of and myths surrounding nationalistic feeling in the pre-war years. Tags: Franz Ferdinand. The warships themselves increased in size, number of guns, speed, method of propulsion, and quality armor, beginning in with Britain's HMS Dreadnought.
Dreadnought was soon out-classed as the Royal Navy and Kaiserliche Marine quickly expanded their ranks with increasingly modern and powerful warships. By , Germany had nearly warships and two million trained soldiers. Great Britain and Germany both greatly increased their navies in this time period. Further, in Germany and Russia particularly, the military establishment began to have a greater influence on public policy.
This increase in militarism helped push the countries involved into war. Much of the origin of the war was based on the desire of the Slavic peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina to no longer be part of Austria-Hungary but instead be part of Serbia.
This specific essentially nationalistic and ethnic revolt led directly to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand , which was the event that tipped the scales to war. But more generally, nationalism in many of the countries throughout Europe contributed not only to the beginning but to the extension of the war across Europe and into Asia. As each country tried to prove their dominance and power, the war became more complicated and prolonged. The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play alliances, imperialism, militarism, and nationalism was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
In June , a Serbian-nationalist terrorist group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke. Their first attempt failed when a driver avoided a grenade thrown at their car. However, later that day a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke and his wife while they were driving through Sarajevo, Bosnia which was part of Austria-Hungary.
They died of their wounds. The assassination was in protest to Austria-Hungary having control of this region: Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The assassination of Ferdinand led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia.
When Russia began to mobilize to defend its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia.
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