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Cause of WWI: Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. They assassinated him because Francis favored greater autonomy for the provinces, and the nationalists hated the dynasty and the empire represented by the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. -
Cause of WWI: Tensions between the Austro-Hungarian empire and kingdom of Serbia
European powers took sides between Austro-Hungarian empire and Serbia, and the stakes outgrew Austro-Serbian conflicts. Nationalist desires, international rivalries, and obstinate alliance systems transformed the tensions into an European war and a global struggle, causing World War I. -
WWI Japan's Entry to War
When the Germans refused to withdraw its warships from Japanese and Chinese waters, the Japanese entered the war on the side of the Allies. Between August and November, the Japanese forces took the fortress of Qingdao, a German-held port in China's Shandong province, and took possession of the German-held Marshall Islands, the Mariana Islands, Palau, and the Carolines. -
WWI America Declares War Against Germany
The British naval blockade directed at the Central Powers constantly interfered with American shipping and had many submarine attacks on the Americans. In addition, Germany's resumption of unrestricted warfare made United States declared war against Germany.
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WWI Consequence: Decline in European Power
As a result of World War I, Europeans had a decline in power and economic stature. They had many economic problems, like high rates of inflation and huge public debts. Also, they had a loss of overseas investments and foreign markets, which brought huge financial returns. Europe had a loss of prestige overseas and a weakening grip on colonies, so white overlords no longer destined to rule colonized subjects and colonials returned home from war.
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WWI Consequence: The Paris Settlement
The vicarious powers summoned to arrange a postwar settlement and set terms for the defeated nations. Both sides had high hopes, but it ended bitterly. Since all of the nations represented at Paris had conflicting aims, many sessions of the conference deteriorated into chaos.Georges Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson dominated the deliberations, but did not permit the representatives of the Central Powers to participate. The allies threatened to renew war if the terms were not accepted. -
WWII The Battle of Britian
The Germans launched the Battle of Britain led by air force. They hoped to defeat Britain only through air attacks. The British used "the blitz" where they rained bombs on heavily populated metropolitan areas, and killed more than 40 thousand British civilians. The Royal Air Force forced Hitler to abandon plans to invade Britain. Hitler's conquests included Balkans and the battlefront extended to North Africa, where the British fought both the Italians and the Germans. -
WWII The German Invasion of the Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler ordered his armed forces to invade the Soviet Union. The German military assembled the largest and most powerful invasion force, attacking with 3.6 million soldiers, 37 hundred tanks, and 25 hundred planes. The governments of Hungary, Finland and Romania declared war on the Soviet Union. -
Consequences of WWII: The United Nations
The superpowers agreed to the creation of the United States, a supranational organization dedicated to keeping world peace. I was derived from Allied cooperation during the war, and representatives from China, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States finalized most of the proposals for the organization at Washington DC. It offered an alternative for global reconstruction that was independent of the Cold War. -
Consequence of WWII: The Marshall Plan
The European Recovery Program, called the Marshall Plan, proposed to rebuild European economies through cooperation and capitalism, forestalling communist or soviet influence in the devastated nations in Europe. It provided more than $13 billion to reconstruct Western Europe. The Soviet Union resisted capitalist imperialism and countered with a plan for its own satellite nations. They established the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, offering increased trade within the Soviet Union.
