The Causes of WW1. The First World War was a war of turbulence. It was ironic a war that issued over 35 million deaths was thought by most other people at the time as a defensive war.

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The First World War was a war of turbulence. It was ironic a war that issued over 35 million deaths was thought by most other people at the time as a defensive war. It was also ironic that a World War was begun by some territory occupied by the Austrians, rather than by the powers that owned the territory. The war was begun in the Balkans and the reasons it began included an assassination, miscalculations and a misunderstanding of the motifs of the war, and Austria’s beliefs about its allies.

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The Balkans was an unstable area in the early 20th century. In 1908, the Austrians took Bosnia and Herzegovnia. Russia and Serbia objected, but Germany supported Austria, and so Russia and Serbia backed down. However, Austria and Hungary did not give Serbia its loyalty. The emperor Franz Ferdinand had in mind to give the Serbians their loyalty. However, a military group, the Black Hand, had believed the best way to show the Serbians wanted their independence through fear. By shooting the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on National Day in Bosnia, the Austrians were maddened and sent the Serbians an ultimatum. The Serbians ...

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