Essays on Franz Ferdinand

Introduction

World War 1 also known as Great War started in the year July 1914 and continued till November 1918 killing more than 17 million people. The war started due to various reasons and there were different events that led to fighting among different European nations. There are debates and discussion about the root cause that led to the war. However , the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie on 28the June 1914 in Sarajevo who were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip was the prime cause of the war (Hamilton & Herwig, 2004).

Imperialism

There were various treaties ...

According to a physics principle, “every action has a corresponding reaction and every cause has an equivalent effect” (Cause and Effect, 2016). In the field of history, the meaning of this principle is that in every historical event, there is an underlying cause. This cause is the root of all subsequent events that follow, considered as the effects or consequences. Some people say that this principle is valid because many events or consequences would not happen if there is no root cause just like attributing all misfortunes on earth to Adam and Eve. In essence, these people believe that ...

Introduction

The First World War (1914-18) was triggered by the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which invoked several alliances between different countries in order. But, other events that preceded the assassination worked as a build-up towards the First World War that engulfed the whole world. The increasing nationalism, militarism and imperialism, also played a major role as states and people within started to identify themselves one nation. Also, the presence of the alliance system and the rise of Pan-Slavism started to light the fire. Combined together, these factors brought the world to the brink of a war, which ...

Blewett, D. K. (2001). The great world war, 1914-45. vol. 1: Lightning strikes twice. Library Journal, 126(6), 114-114. Retrieved June 5, 2012, from Proquest database. (Document ID: 196847014).

The journal focuses on analysing the wars that occurred between 1914 and 1945; both World War 1 and 2. Leaders in the two wars are also analysed and compared, including Churchill, Hitler, Lloyd George, and the Kaiser. In the journal, World War one was differentiated as relatively stable, but a deadly one compared to World War II, which had a larger geography, troops, and mobile operations. The source was very useful ...