World War Break Out Reasons!

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The war of 1914 broke out for many reasons, such as the alliances, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, being a neutral country, the rivalry between Britain and Germany in the navies’ race. Many of these are long-term causes some are short-term. But each of them had a role in the First World War breaking out. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the trigger that set off the world war. Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of Austria - Hungary. He was assassinated on 28th June 1914 by terrorists (Black Hand Gang) from one of Austria - Hungary’s rival powers, Serbia. Austria - Hungary blamed Serbia. Even though the terrorists were not connected to the Serbia government. On 31 July 1914, Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia. Another reason of the war happening was alliances. In 1878, Germany and Austria – Hungary formed an alliance specifically, the dual alliance. That gave them great strength in the centre of the Europe. In 1892, the French and the Russians formed their own strong alliance (the dual entente) that meant Germany had an unfriendly power on each side. By the early 1900s the alliances had developed. The dual alliance had become the triple alliance with Italy (although Italy stayed out of the war in 1914). In 1907, Britain joined Russia and France to form the triple entente. Britain was much less committed to this alliance than Russia or France. The advantages of these alliances was that it gave the great powers a sense of security. The downside was that if the powers stuck blindly to their alliances, then a small-scale local dispute involving one power might drag the other powers in and turn into a major war. When the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, the alliances came into play. Russia mobilised its army ready to help the Serbs against Austria - Hungary. Everyone knew that if Russia attacked Austria - Hungary,
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