NMED 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hmhs Llandovery Castle, Atrocity Propaganda, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria
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This was described at the time as the war to ends all wars, and thus, was seen as the great war . Everyone believed it would be over in a couple months, and everyone was also convinced that they were fighting a defensive war. It was a global war between the allied powers and central powers, arising out of the growing rivalry between the triple. Alliance powers - the german empire, the austrian-hungarian empire, and the kingdom of italy - and the triple entente. Powers - the russian empire, the french third republic, and the united kingdom of great britain and ireland. It also arose out of the crisis in morocco in 1905, the balkan crises caused by the annexation of bosnia and. Herezegonvia by austia-hungary in 1908, the italo-turkish war in 1911 12, and the balkan wars in 1912 13, as well as the tensions between austria and serbia after the assassination of archduke francis ferdinand in 1914.
