The long-term factors that would have built tension and rivalries throughout Europe are the alliance systems and the arms race, whereas the short term factors would be the mismanaged crisis, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, which was ultimately the trigger of total war. The Balkan crisis 1908 -12 both increased the likelihood of war. As there had been tensions growing since 1912 between the Serbians and the Austro- Hungarians after their attempt to secure control. These tensions were inevitably going to cause a war; as in the words of Otto Von Bisamrck, quoted at the time, a war was going to brake out due to “some damn fool in the Balkans.” The first Balkan crisis of 1912 didn’t break out into war, however it left tensions high. As Serbia’s confidence was now at its peak, as there sized had doubled, and the army had increased to 400,000, so if the were now confronted by the Austro- Hungarians they were now willing to fight.
Then the Romanians and Turks attacked the Bulgarians. By the time both Balkan wars had ended, Serbia had added lots of captured territory to it's empire and this made Austria-Hungary even more concerned. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. For some unknown reason, Austria-Hungary believed that Serbia was involved in the killing. Some historians believe that Austria-Hungary was just looking for an excuse to start a war.
The years leading up to the war the German people were dreading it, there were protests in Berlin in July 1914. The proletariat knew that they would have to bear the brunt of the war. However once the war broke out, the government played on the German’s people nationalism as he presented the war as defensive one against Slav aggression. The Enabling Act known as Burgfrieden was passed. The Act promoted national unity.
Why did a general European war break out in 1914? (WW I) General European war broke out in August 1914. It was directly triggered by the assassination of the Austrian archduke and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, on 28th June 1914 by Bosnian revolutionary, Gavrilo Princip. Although this act triggered the beginning of the war, Europe at the time was in a fragile state and many other factors contributed to the general outbreak of War in Europe. I will explore these causes in this essay.
The main causes of the war were the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, militarism, imperialism, Morocco 1904, Bosnia 1908 and the Balkan Wars. World War I started because of the contests between the powers of Europe and the loathing between the alliances. All countries were putting pressure on each other. When countries joined alliances the opponent would get worried and would then get others to join. This was the tinder for the War.
On 28th June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated by a man named Gavrilo Princip (a member of ‘The Black Hand’ – a secretive society formed by members of the Serbian army). This event caused a wave of diplomatic distress. Following this was a period which came to be known as the July Crisis. The July Crisis was a diplomatic juncture between the European powers through July 1914. Soon after the assassination in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary delivered a strict ultimatum to Serbia.
Why did the Bosnian crisis of 1908-1909 + the Balkan wars of 1912-1913 not develop into a general European conflict, whereas the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 did? Xanthe de Groot On October 5, 1908 Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia. Since 1878 the area was already controlled by Austria-Hungary, but was threatened by the crooked relations within Europe. The annexation led to what we call the Bosnian crisis. It contributed to the tensions between the great powers in Europe.
Why did World War 1 break out in 1914? In this essay I will discuss the causes for the First World War. I will explain; how one incident started the brawls, the relationships between different countries and how the countries tried to take over other countries. All of these explanations will then lead to the main cause of World War I. The war was caused by grudges countries had held against each other from previous wars.
archduke franz Ferdinand The Most Important Cause of WWI was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Do you Agree? World war 1 was a controversial war, which was also said to be the war to stop all wars. Germany, a powerful empire in the early years of the twentieth century, fought the First World War (1914-1918) alongside the Austrian empire and against the Allies (England, France and Russia.). The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was just a prominent cause for the outbreak of the war; yet, there were other causes as well.
As you can see there were also many other reasons for the war besides the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. After Serbia declined the ultimatum, the Austro-Hungarian Empire waged war on Serbia on 28th July 1914. Since Russia was allied to Serbia, they announced mobilization of troops in defense for Serbia on August 1st 1914. Germany was allied to the Austro-Hungarians and took the Russian mobilization as a threat and declared war on Russia on August 1st 1914. Since Russia and France were allies and France didn’t like Germany due to the lost war against them in 1870, they declared war on Germany on August 3rd 1914.