Essay On Events That Led Up To World War 1

World War 1 was a vast historical war. World War 1 was declared on July 28th, 1914, and ended on November 11, 1918. Various events led up to World War 1. One of the biggest events that led to this war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Another big event that helped lead up to World War 1 was when all of the countries were allied. The Moroccan crisis, Materialism, and imperialism contributed to World war 1

In June of 1914, the “BlackHand” sent groups to murder Archduke. The Black Hand was a secret Serbian society of the early twentieth century that used terrorist methods to liberate people outside Serbia from Habsburg. When the first attempt occurred, it failed. A man named Nedeljko Cabrinovic threw a bomb

If there hadn’t been alliances, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand would have been a war between only Serbia and Austria-Hungary. Countries all around Europe made defense agreements that would cause a battle. These treaties meant that if one country was attacked, allied countries were to defend them. When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia had already allied and had to defend Serbia. Germany saw Russia mobilizing, and declared war on Russia. Italy and the United States entered on the side of the allies. Because of alliances, Russia came to aid Serbia and that led Germany to declare war on Russia. There were two main alliance groups in Europe. The Central Powers, which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire, were all allied. And the Triple Entente was also allied, which included Great Britain, France, and Russia. France was drawn against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany attacked France through Belgium, which pulled Britain into war. Europe changed after World War I. Several new countries were formed. Including Poland, Finland, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. Russia turned into the Soviet Union. The Ottoman Empire became the country of

The French and Germans argued for several years over Morocco. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German emperor at the time, meddled in an attempt to pressure the French-British alliance. In 1905, during the first Moroccan crisis, he sailed to Tangiers to offer support to Sultan Abdelaziz, Morocco. Instead of backing away from the conflict, the British rose to support France. In 1911, during the second Moroccan crisis, Alfred Von Kiderlen- Wächter, sent a naval ship to anchor in a harbor on the Moroccan coast. The Germans thought it was being backed by France as an excuse for taking the country. Again, the British helped the French, and soon after Germany was forced to agree to a French protectorate in Morocco. This event caused tension between France and Germany, which helped lead to a World