1.2 Report: The Gallipoli Campaign Name: Abbey Causes Of the Gallipoli Land Campaign The war started in 1914, but there were many causes that lead up to it. The main long-term contributing cause being the breakdown of the German (GM) -United Kingdom (UK) relationship. Three of the main contributing short-term causes included the assassination of Franz Ferdinand (Archduke of Austria-Hungary), allies invasion of the ottoman empire and the Gallipoli naval campaign which resulted in the land campaign. The main long-term cause was the breakdown of the GM-UK relationship. The factors that contributed to this was the Kaiser (emperor of Germany Wilhelm II), and the creation of the German navy. Despite Wilhelm’s admiration of the British, …show more content…
Serbian nationalists were against this as they believed they should be a part of the new independent Serbian nation. The date of his visit, June 28 was the anniversary of the First Battle of Kosovo in 1389, in which medieval Serbia was defeated by the Turks. Despite Serbia not losing its independence until 1448 due to the Second Battle of Kosovo, June 28 was significant to Serbian nationalists. June 28 was also Franz Ferdinand’s wedding anniversary. On June 28, 1914, when Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were touring Sarajevo in an open car, with little security, Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Cabrinovic threw a bomb in their car. The bomb rolled off the back of the vehicle and wounded an officer and some bystanders. It was when they were on their way to visit the injured officer that they were attacked a second time by one of Cabrinovic’s cohorts. The archduke’s driver took a wrong turn at the junction of Appel quay and Franzjosefstrasse, where 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip, happened to be. Princip had ties with the Black Hand which was a secretive military group. Seeing his opportunity, Princip fired into the car, shooting Franz Ferdinand and Sophie at point-blank range. A bystander threw himself upon the young assassin, preventing him from committing suicide. Following this, a mob of angry onlookers attacked Princip. He was wrestled away by the police after fighting back. Meanwhile, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie lay critically injured in their limousine as it rushed to seek help. They both died within the hour. The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand and Sophie caused a rapid chain of events, one of which Austria-Hungary, along with many others around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack. They hoped to use the incident as the justification of Slav nationalism (unify
Militarism, the glorification of the military, affected most of Europe at the turn of the twentieth century as demonstrated by Documents 1 and 7. Military spending in three of the major powers in Europe, Great Britain, France, and Germany, more than doubled per capita from 1870 to 1914, according to Document 1. Great Britian and Germany in particular were involved in an arms race with each other. Germany attempted to build a navy to rival Great Britian’s, whose navy was considered the best in the world at the time, and Great Britian responded by improving on their own navy. In the rest of Europe, countries were building up their stores of weapons, including rifles, bombs, and artillery, causing international
ALLIANCE SYSTEMS CAUSED WORLD WAR I AND ALSO Austria-Hungary claimed that Serbia's government wasn't strict enough; that they weren't restricting the press and were tolerating the crimes of movements that were against the Monarchy (Doc, 3), (Doc,
Militarization of European countries Strong nationalistic feelings of pride from the citizens of each European power resulted in a militaristic and economic competition. This created a race between different countries. Germany’s Grand
The assassination was the spark that set off the domino effect of both alliances. The responsibility of the cause lies on Austria-Hungary because of their clear desire for the war and their lack of trying to prevent it. It shows how conscious Austria-Hungary was of the domino effect that would happen if they acted, but acted anyways. World War I could have been delayed or possibly even prevented without Austria-Hungary’s declaration of
In 1914-1918 there was a large war with many countries, peace was not a consideration. Not only did grown men were forced to fight in the war but boys that just graduated high school were forced, and died in war. “ what was the underlying cause of world war I?” one of the major cause of the war was militarism out of one of the four. The other three ar alliances, imperialism, and nationalism, but i 'm only walking about three of them, not nationalism.
This mass amount of power not only caused the war to become more heated with countries like Britain using their colonies to fight on their side, but it also spread jealousy to less powerful nations. According to document E, a German propaganda poster, illustrates Britain as an octopus that is reaching over the world to its conquered colonies. The title reads “Freedom of the Seas,” (Document E) with a caption reading “England, the bloodsucker of the world,” (Document E). In document F, Germany had less colonial rule than Britain and therefore are angry that Britain has so much power. This brings on more bitterness that caused the war.
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Have you ever thought about what started World War 1? The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 contributed to the beginning of the war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the Royal Prince of Hungary and the Archduke of Austria-Este from 1896-1914. Many people who lived during this time called this a very traumatic era because just after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, World War 1 started.
Causes of World War I World War I was one of the worst battles in history. The number of money spent and deaths are unbelievable. Nations spent millions on the war.
The June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Serbian Black Hand Group, caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia. As their allies got involved this conflict grew into World War I (WWI). This event wasn’t the real cause of the war, it was just the spark that started it. Most people would say the causes were imperialism, nationalism, alliances and militarism.
There were many minority nations that wanted to establish independence and separate themselves from the mainstream, dominant society. This collective identity and unity that the nations have established caused them to form extreme nationalist ideas and revolt against the more influential people they were controlled by. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand happened due to the severe nationalistic feelings of the Serbs. The Serbs had always wanted to achieve sovereignty and independence from Austria-Hungary. When Franz Ferdinand announced that he will be leaving to Sarajevo to greet the townspeople on June 28, 1914, a terrorist organization called the ‘Black Hand’ had meticulously arranged an attack against Franz Ferdinand.
There was more than just one incident that led to World War I. Americans killed on a sunken ship, the use of restricted submarines, and the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. President Wilson did all he could to avoid a conflict. When things got out of hand for him, he pushed back. The Bible scriptures states that there is a time for war, and I am sure that God’s direction was taken into consideration before war was declared. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a friend of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.
Militarism is one of the causes because war became a regular thing because people were raised to fight, and being a soldier was such a heroic title during the ages of the war. They believed men were born to fight in war from their childhood, and military is in everything that a country does. Britain was the largest empire in the world at that time, holding 20% of the globe and 25% of the world population. Germany was jealous that Britain had built up such a vast empire, so they tried improving the foundations of their military to try to beat out Britain. As Kaiser William II (the leader of the German navy) attempted restoring his troops, Britain quickly took notice to this and better yet upgraded their troops as well, knowing Germany didn 't stand a chance.
Serbian nationalism was the most significant contributing factor in the Balkans to the outbreak of the First World War. Nationalist Serbs wanted the unity of Serbdom and to create a Greater Serbia that included the provinces Bosnia and Herzegovina. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered the First World War and was prompted by the nationalism of the Serbs against Hapsburg control. If this trigger did not take place it would have been another event. But it is not surprising that it occurred in the Balkans; a volatile region, as Bismarck had predicted decades before; “ If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thin in the Balkans”.
To begin with, I believe the assassination was one of the immediate causes for the World War breaking out in July 1914. Firstly, Bosnia was under control of the Austrian-Hungary Empire. However, the Serbs wanted to be free to live together in their own country and to be completely independent of the Austrian-Hungary Empire.
The Balkans included different nationalities such as the Serbs, Croatians and Bosnians, and each wanted independence for their country and they didn’t want to be combined and controlled together, which made it harder to rule. There were also a series of wars between the Balkans and Serbia, and as a result Serbia doubled its size. Additionally, Serbia was now determined to unite all Serbs into a “Greater Serbia”. The growing Serbia was a threat to Austria-Hungary, since it was easier for Serbia to attack Austria-Hungary after Austria-Hungary’s colonization of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which is one of the Slavic groups with Serbia. Moving on, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, with his wife, was visiting the capital of Bosnia to check on army exercises in