... German Confederation. Austria also promised that it would no longer interfere in German politics and so it directed all its attention East, which created the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Now that Bismarck had annexed several of the German States and kicked Austria out of German affairs, there was only one step ... rescue Bazaine. When the French heard of the disaster at Sedan, they deposed Napoleon III as their emperor and set up a provincial government run by the army for the defense of France. A long siege ensued after German forces surrounded Paris on September 19. One of the leaders o...

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... Frances Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination was a result of the nationalism caused by the molding of the Yugoslavian provinces into Serbia. The Serbian government, which had a vested interest in the downfall of the Austrian Empire, was implicated as being involved in the plot and quickly became the reason for war. Though Germany declared war on France on August 3rd, it is ... Bosnia (Sarajevo). On July 13th, 1914, the Austrians made an ultimatum saying all Serbs must leave Albania. The Serbians were not willing to agree to a demand aimed at hurting their government, and immediatel...

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... was in keeping their autonomy, this was special rights which enabled them to have their own tax systems, armies and rulers. Unification was impossible to establish as long as an Austrian controlled Bund existed, this was very unlikely to change as the members of the Bund were not prepared or supportive at all of trading autonomy for unification; they wanted to ... and authority to raise taxes etc. As a chance of mere coincidence Prussia being second in charge of the Bund protested and played a constant threat to Austria. Prussia had significantly a strong government, powerful army, trea...

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... that Germany could become a world great power only through a war. Military preparations had strengthened this kind of belief. The powers became militaristic. The increase in military control of the civilian government also increased cooperation among the military staff of the countries of the same camp. For example, all the three Entente powers held secret military talks. Germany and Austria also had ... accident in Bosnia. It was the Sarajevo incident, the immediate cause of WW1. It took place on June 28, 1914. On that day, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, a...

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... was the cause of many other things. Though some may argue that imperialism was the main factor behind the start of world war one, it was still a byproduct of nationalist government. It is commonly believed that it was the assassination of Prince Ferdinand of Austria, a direct byproduct of Serbian nationalism. "Serbians seeking to gain territory at Austria-Hungary's expense, and ... members of a secret society collaborated together to kill the Austrian heir to the throne. This was the spark plug, nationalism, for the war."(Wikipedia) If not for nationalism this kind of action would not h...

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... 's first move was to persuade Austria to assist him in war with Denmark in 1864. As a result the states of Schleswig and Holstein , previously ruled by Denmark, became German and Austrian possessions. In 1866, after a conflict with Austria, Bismarck announced "I shall declare war on Austria, dissolve the German Confederation, subjugate the middle and smaller states, and give Germany national unity under ... of the north German states. The next step was to get the south German states under Prussian control too. To do this, Bismarck planned to make the French and German government quarrel....

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