Causes of ww1
The Causes of World War I The murder of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on the 28th of June caused the lead up to World War I. The Archduke heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated in his car during a drive in Sarajevo. The assassination was the work of a terrorist group known as the `Black Hand.' This caused Austria-Hungary to call on Germany as an ally and discuss how far Germany would support them. The result of this meeting was the `Blank Cheque' which gave Austria Germany's full support. Austria sent an ultimatum to Serbia asking for `complete surrender' on 23rd July and Serbia agreed 99%. Austria declared war on Serbia on the 28th of July, which created a war that would split Europe in two. War plans and war strategies a crucial to win a war so they must be planned to perfection with no flaws. In World War I Germany believed they had a perfect war plan were as if Russia mobilizes then Germany would have forty days to destroy and invade France (Russia's Ally) this flawless plan was known as the Schlieffen. The Schlieffen plan was created by Count Alfred von Schlieffen and was created to protect Germany from fighting a war on two fronts. After Schlieffen died his successor was a man named Helmuth von Molt
During the war the plan was an absolute failure and Germany had to fight a war on two fronts and lost. On 3 August, Belgium refused the German demand, Germany declared war on France, and Britain pledged to support Belgium. Germany believed that if they started to create dreadnoughts they could cut the naval lead down from the British. " Remak The point of view that is most persuasive is Remak's because the blame cannot be blamed on one country because there are many causes of the war that have been brought up by many different countries. The historians have many different viewpoints on the causes of the `Great War'. This began the naval race between the Germans (inland country) and Great Britain with the amount as well as the efficiency of these great ships. Now the alliance system swung into play. This formation of three powerful Europe empires began to be feared by Russia, France and Ultimately Britain. The end result of this meeting was the `Blank Cheque' (would back Austria totally) which gave Austria all the power. Apart from this great armaments build up the Germans believed that the key to defeating Britain was her navy. The period before the First World War was one of increasing tension between the European powers. " Moltke This proves that the Kaiser was not in control after mobilisation has started. The arms race between all the major powers in Europe created much tension as weapons were developing. Austria's main ally was the recently unified Germany, always worried about potential Russian gains as Austria weakened, especially in the Balkans.
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