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Austria-Hungary was one of the Central Powers in World War I, which began with an Austro-Hungarian war declaration on the Kingdom of Serbia on 28 July 1914.

Threatened by Serbian ambition in the tumultuous Balkans region of Europe, Austria-Hungary determined that the proper response to the assassinations was to prepare for a possible military invasion of Serbia. …

Terms in this set (4) How did the nationality problem in Austria-Hungary contribute to the outbreak of World War I? In 1914, a young terrorist (with the support of a secret Serbian nationalist society called Union or Death) murdered Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.

The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia.

The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary’s South Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Yugoslavia. The conspirators’ motives were consistent with the movement that later became known as Young Bosnia.

Germany has been blamed because she invaded Belgium in August 1914 when Britain had promised to protect Belgium. However, the street celebrations that accompanied the British and French declaration of war gives historians the impression that the move was popular and politicians tend to go with the popular mood.

The Treaty of Versailles, signed following World War I, contained Article 231, commonly known as the “war guilt clause,” which placed all the blame for starting the war on Germany and its allies.

So Germany kept pushing its ally despite calls for peace from the rest of Europe. Finally, Austria agreed and attacked Serbia, which caused the Russians to come to Serbia’s aid, which forced Germany to back Austria and France to back Russia. That’s why Germany takes the blame for World War I.

The largest share of responsibility lies with the German government. Germany’s rulers made possible a Balkan war by urging Austria-Hungary to invade Serbia, well understanding that such a conflict might escalate. Without German backing it is unlikely that Austria-Hungary would have acted so drastically.

Motherland was defined as “the land of one’s mother or parents,” and fatherland as “the native land of one’s fathers or ancestors.” The Latin word for fatherland is “patria.” One more explanation: Fatherland was a nationalistic term used in Nazi Germany to unite Germany in the culture and traditions of ancient Germany.

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Top Ten Greatest Armies of World War II

1. 1 United States. They were so incredibly powerful towards the end and after.
2. 2 Germany.
3. 3 England.
4. 4 Russia.
5. 5 Australia.
6. 6 Canada.
7. 7 Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a sovereign state in Europe.
8. 8 Japan.

It stated that George V had awarded Lance Corporal Albert Jacka the Victoria Cross, Britain and the Commonwealth’s most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. “For most conspicuous bravery on the night of the 19th–20th May, 1915 at ‘Courtney’s Post’, Gallipoli Peninsula,” said the citation.

Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at the age of 19 for single-handedly holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, then leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition.

Here are 28 of the most important figures from the conflict.

• of 28. Prime Minister Herbert Asquith.
• of 28. Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg.
• of 28. General Aleksey Brusilov.
• of 28. Winston Churchill.
• of 28. Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau.
• of 28. General Erich von Falkenhayn.
• of 28. Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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World War One lasted more than 4 years but about 16 million people died. That’s even more, but it’s nowhere near 80 million – and World War Two only happened 20 years later.

Were there any soldiers that survived WWI from start to finish? Seriously, everyone alive in 1918, who wasn’t an infant or toddler, survived World War I from start to finish, soldiers or civilians.

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