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I was just wondering if you knew of any major events which sparked the war itself. I know one was an assasination of some sort by a terrorist groupd called "The Dark Hand" and that served as an excuse to start invasions and such but was there anything else. Imperialistic conflict, militarism...How exactly does it all connect? I've tried reading but all the articles are so lengthy it's hard to pick out what's important and what is irrelevent. Thank-you in advance, I've had some questions answered before I know that communication is great here.
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World War 1 - What Started The Conflict? I realize that it was an accumilaztion of events and issues, however,
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Posted 08 September 2006 - 10:33 PM
Really good question, Carpathia.
It IS a subject where it is easy to 'not be able to see the wood for the trees'.
Think of two 'gangs' of nations (G+A-H+I versus F+R+GB) who hated each other.
When the 20th century began, they already hated each other.
There were FOUR causes of that hate (NIMA: nationalism, imperialism, militarism, alliances).
In the years 1900-1914, the tension between the two sides grew.
There was a series of clashes (FaT BABA: First Moroccan Crisis, Telegraph article, Bosnian Crisis, Agadir Crisis, Balkan Wars, Assassination at Sarajevo).
Each and every one of these could have ended in war, but of course it was the Assassination at Sarajevo which was the 'last straw' ... which 'sparked the war itself'.
Finally, after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo (actually by some students, heped by the 'BLACK Hand Gang'), you need to know the detals of the 'slide to war' - ie the sequence of events which propelled the nations into war (ARSE).
After the assassination:
1. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia (this upset Russia, Serbia's ally)
2. To support Serbia, Russia mobilisd its army (this frightened Germany)
3. To protect itself against Russia, Germany went to war (because oif the Schlieffen Plan, this invovled attacking France)
4. Because the Schlieffen Plan took the Germany army through Belgium, England entered the war to defend Belgium.
Get your head around this 'framework' of events, do lots of further reading, and 'hang; the details onto this framework.
Best of luck.
It IS a subject where it is easy to 'not be able to see the wood for the trees'.
Think of two 'gangs' of nations (G+A-H+I versus F+R+GB) who hated each other.
When the 20th century began, they already hated each other.
There were FOUR causes of that hate (NIMA: nationalism, imperialism, militarism, alliances).
In the years 1900-1914, the tension between the two sides grew.
There was a series of clashes (FaT BABA: First Moroccan Crisis, Telegraph article, Bosnian Crisis, Agadir Crisis, Balkan Wars, Assassination at Sarajevo).
Each and every one of these could have ended in war, but of course it was the Assassination at Sarajevo which was the 'last straw' ... which 'sparked the war itself'.
Finally, after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo (actually by some students, heped by the 'BLACK Hand Gang'), you need to know the detals of the 'slide to war' - ie the sequence of events which propelled the nations into war (ARSE).
After the assassination:
1. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia (this upset Russia, Serbia's ally)
2. To support Serbia, Russia mobilisd its army (this frightened Germany)
3. To protect itself against Russia, Germany went to war (because oif the Schlieffen Plan, this invovled attacking France)
4. Because the Schlieffen Plan took the Germany army through Belgium, England entered the war to defend Belgium.
Get your head around this 'framework' of events, do lots of further reading, and 'hang; the details onto this framework.
Best of luck.
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Posted 09 September 2006 - 05:04 PM
It was/is a good explanation and it's great that you found it helpful.
Just to point out (in case you may not have realised) that actually Mr Clare's explanation was a summary of his web page on this topic ..... and that the link A Finemess gave you was to Mr Clare's site.
So ..... once you begin to delve a bit more deeply into this topic just remember that you can use Mr Clare's pages to help you - and if you are just starting a Modern World history course for GCSE you will find it a god send.
Just to point out (in case you may not have realised) that actually Mr Clare's explanation was a summary of his web page on this topic ..... and that the link A Finemess gave you was to Mr Clare's site.
So ..... once you begin to delve a bit more deeply into this topic just remember that you can use Mr Clare's pages to help you - and if you are just starting a Modern World history course for GCSE you will find it a god send.
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