HIST 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria, Central Powers, Machine Gun
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Direct reason: the assassination of archduke francis ferdinand, the heir to the austrian-hungarian throne, on june 28, 1914, in. Indirect reasons were more important than the direct reason, even without the assassination of archduke francis ferdinand, other events will spark the war due to the following indirect reasons: The spread of nationalism: the popularity of nationalism in nineteenth century europe, the power of the ideology of nationalism in europe, nationalism in different european countries. C. weariness of peace: not many wars fought in europe after 1815, a long generation of peace (1871-1914); Japan (1914), italy (1915), united states (1917): the involvement of non-european countries and peoples. The expectation of the war: everyone thought his side will win (by the use of new technologies); The war in fact turned out to be a bloody stalemate (esp. in the. Russia withdrew from war: nov. 11, 1918: armistice signed, the end of wwi.
