... 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 have been taken, and if it had been the alliance system instead, it would not have caused World War One. It pushed people toward ... national unity in Italy...

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... Archduke Franz Ferdinand the heir of Austria-Hungary took place in 28th June 1914 while he was visiting Bosnia, which is a Slav state. To my opinion the assassination was not the reason for the break out of the war, there are many other main factors, this is only the spark factor. I think the main cause of the war is rivalry, there were rivalries between Austria and Russia. Austria had ... control to the black sea which Russia wanted to access to, Austria-Hungarian Empire included ... areas of the Balkans which Russia felt should be controlled by them. On the other side, there were riv...

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... this successfully varied greatly. However, nothing could have spelled the downward spiral of the political tension of the time to a full-blown war like the alliances between the countries comprising Europe. I believe of all the above reasons, the existence of alliances was the biggest contributor to the actual outbreak of a large-scale war involving many countries. The assassination may have been the spark, but this resulted in Austria-Hungary declaring war on ... Serbia with Germany's full support. Russia opposed this move, due to it's Serbian alliance after the Bosnian Crisis, resulti...

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... on an aggressive foreign policy in hopes of uniting Germany. He modernized the Prussian armies by giving them the newest weapons. In 1864, he made a temporary alliance with Austria against Denmark and the territories of Schleswig and Holstein. After defeating the Danes, Austria got Holstein while Bismarck got Schleswig.. This system helped spark a war with Austria. In 1866, after securing an alliance with Italy ... and France(proving that the enemy of my enemy is my friend), Bismarck attacked Austria and defeated her in 8 ... weeks. Instead of ruling Austria with an iron fist, Bismarck...

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... there have been many reasons that a nation has been united or torn apart. One of the main reasons is the feeling of nationalism which is a strong sense of pride toward one's country. Nationalism played a big role in both the unification of the German states and the decline and breakup of the Ottoman Empire. Before 1848, Germany consisted of a number of independent states that all had separate ... governments. During this period of time there were many attempts to unify the states but none of them were successful. Then in 1862, Otto von Bismarck became the Prussian chancellor, and he had...

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... they were stronger. Britain signed an agreement with France in 1904 and another with Russia in 1907. 1900 is the time tension began to show and increased. Anglo-German naval rivalry is an example when Germany had plans to build a powerful navy, therefore ... . With all this in mind it created a lot of stress and strain from all countries, with Germany's main worry of the "encirclement" so it devised the Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen Plan was also devised because in 1914 war seemed very likely especially with Russia. If that was to happen Germany assumed ... was forced to withdraw tro...

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... army expanding rapidly, Franco-Prussian war, naval races between Britain and Germany, military spending increasing by 30% and conscription used to raise armies. These factors contributed to the situation in the world in 1914 by making countries suspicious and worried about what was going to happen. They saw other countries stockpiling weapons and thought that they should probably do ... imperialism, nationalism, militarism, anarchism and the alliance system all contributed equally to the situation the world found itself in 1914. These factors all raised suspicion, resentment and anger bet...

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... -Hungary to Capture Bosnia-Herzegovina against Serbia. Russian government felt that Germany should've played a neutral roll and believed that Austria was capable of doing this because Germany was the main source of their support. As a result Russia started supporting Serbia in taking Bosnia. Germany did not withdrew their forces up until Russians did, this caused tension and ... of the other causes of World War 1. In conclusion, Germany was definitely responsible for the war in 1914, is responsible for creating tension between all other European countries, such as Franco-Prussian War, "...

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