THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I

System Of Alliances Responsible For The Outbreak Of World War I



System of Alliances Responsible For the Outbreak of World War I

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The First World conflict had many determinants; the historians probably have not yet found out and considered all of them so there might be more determinants than what we know now. However the system of the alliance had a great responsibility for the outbreak of World War I.

The spark of the Great conflict was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife by a Serbian nationalist on the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was selected as a target because Serbians feared that after his ascension to the throne, he would continue the persecution of Serbs living inside the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Serbian terrorist organization, the very dark Hand, had taught a little assembly of teenage operatives to infiltrate Bosnia and carry out the assassination of the Archduke. It is unclear how formally active the Serbian government was in the plot. However, it was uncovered years subsequent that the foremost of the very dark Hand was also the head of Serbian military intelligence. In order to understand the complexity of the causes of the war, it is very helpful to know that the opinion of the contemporaries about the causes of the Great War. In the reprint of the article "What begun the War", from August 17, 1915 topic of The Clock publication published on the Internet the scribe writes: "It is considered that this conflict that is been ongoing for over a year, started with the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. However, numerous other reasons directed to this conflict, some occurring as far back the late 1800's. Nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and the scheme of alliances were four major components that pushed the great forces towards this explosive conflict."

According to the item overhead, the scribe stresses that the nationalism was one of the prime causes of the war. In the ninetieth and twentieth century's, especially after the French Revolution nationalism was becoming a powerful force in Europe so people that had the same culture, language wanted their own country. And that was the difficulty for the government of Austria-Hungary that did not want to misplace their power and control. The Slavs in the south part of the domain were their major anxiety since they liked to connect up to Serbia.

Militarism is the second origin according to the item above, which arrives after the nationalism. To realise what the scribe means by militarism one should be well known with the position of the world in the starting of the years, which was the result of both developed and popular revolutions. Britain at that time was the biggest domain in the world, and it furthermore had the biggest navy. The navy was so big and powerful because the Britons required to defend ...