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How did World War1 start?
It was started when Gavilo assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinandand his wife,Sophie.
Who was the Serbian nationalist who assassinated the archduke and archduchness of Austia on June 18 1914?
Gavilo Princip was the man whom shot this couple to death on June 28, 1914. His nickname was "Black Hand." The assassinations drove the world into World War I
Why did World War I involve so many countries?
The main reason was entangling alliances; this is shown below. The war started when a Serbian radical (Gavilo Princip) murdered the Archduke of Austria - Hungary (Franz Ferdinand) and his wife. This made Austria - Hungary declare war on Serbia. Serbia was allies with Russia so Russia declared war on Austria - Hungary. Russia was alliances with France and they would soon join in as well. Germany was allies with Austria - Hungary, so they joined in and went to attack France. In their attack, they invaded neutral Belgium which made Great Britain angry since they were alliances with Belgium. Italy used to be allied with Germany but they backed out and joined the allied powers. The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers (Germany and Austria - Hungary) just because. Hope this helps :) -jesikaa3407, age 13
Was World War 1 started because of an assassination?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by a Serb, Gavrilo Princip. That started the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia and due to a complex system of treaties, other countries were soon involved. Although the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the spark that started the war, the war probably would have started before long anyway. This had a lot to do with the alliances and treaties between countries- Europe was basically divided in two and one disagreement could start a world war. Competition between nations was common- Germany and Britain competing for best national fleet, certain countries that had broke free of the Ottoman Empire being fought over. In fact, that was the reason the assassination occured in the first place- Gavilo Princeep was a member of the Black Hand, a Serb revolutionist group. They laid the plans. Also, you have to realize that none of the countries involved in the war thought it would last so long. Each nation thought they could win the war in a short amount of time. The people each believed their country was the best and each government thought they had the best military plan. In fact, in the beginning, the war was more of a competition to prove the better nation than a real war.
Why did so many countries join the war?
The major cause of World War I was the fact that countries had secret alliances and rivalries. When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, all of Austria-Hungary's allies joined in, and all of Serbia's allies joined in. The fact that there were so many alliances, a lot of countries were dragged into the war, creating a World War. sure
