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The immediate cause of the war was the June 28, 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb citizen of Austria-Hungary and member of the Black Hand. The retaliation by Austria-Hungary against the Kingdom of Serbia activated a series of alliances that set off a chain reaction of war declarations. Within a month, much of Europe was in a state of open warfare. The context which helps explain the war was increasing economic and military competition between Britain and Germany. Germany's industrial economy was fast overtaking Britain's, but the German economy lacked a major empire to back up its home economy. The economic race between the two powers led to military competition, in particular the building of numerous "Dreadnoughts" -powerful military ships.
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Was the Black Cheque responsible for causing World War 1?
No. It may have contributed to WWI, but was not entirely responsible.
Did Belgium participate in World War 1?
At first it remain neutral but then Germany invaded Beligium in Agust 4, 1914 causing Belgium to participate in World War II.
What are three factors that made World War 1 more deadly than any previous wars?
1. It was a world war 2. First time chemical warfare was used 3. British invented the tank
Was World War 1 solved?
Yes but the solution eventually led into World War 2 because we blamed Germany for causing World War 1 and Germany didn't agree with that so that was one of the causes for world war 2 but World war 1 was solved by making Germany pay a lot of money
What ship was sunk by the Germans that carried many Americans causing us to enter World War 1?
The ship carried 120 Americans and its name was the Lusitania.
