The Causes And Effects Of World War I

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Term Paper Title	The Causes And Effects Of World War I
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The Causes And Effects Of World War I

     World War I was a military conflict from 1914 to 1918.  It began as a local
European war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia on July 28, 1914.  It was
transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of war against Russia on
August 1, 1914 and eventually became a global war involving 32 nations.  Twenty - eight
of these nations, known as the Allies and the Associated Powers, and including Great
Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States, opposed the coalition known as the
Central Powers, consisting of Germany, Austria - Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.  The
immediate cause of the war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia was the assassination
of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, at Sarajevo in Bosnia by Gavrilo
Princip, a Serb nationalist. (Microsoft Encarta, 1996)
     On July 28 Austria declared war against Serbia, either because it felt Russia would
not actually fight for Serbia, or because it was prepared to risk a general European conflict
in order to put an end to the Greater Serbia movement.  Russia responded by partially
mobilizing against Austria.  Germany warned Russia that continued mobilization would
cause war with Germany, and it made Austria agree to discuss with Russia a possible
change of the ultimatum to Serbia.  Germany demanded, however, that Russia demobilize.
Russia refused to do so, and on August 1, Germany declared war on Russia. (Microsoft
Encarta, 1996)
     The French began to mobilize on the same day.  On August 2, German troops
invades Luxembourg and on August 3, Germany declared war on France.  On August 2,
the German government informed the government of Belgium of its intention to march on
France through Belgium in order, as it claimed, to prevent an attack on Germany by
French troops marching through Belgium.  The Belgian government refused to allow the
passage of German troops and called on the witnesses of the Treaty of 1839, which
guaranteed the justice of Belgium in case of a conflict in which Great Britain, France, and
Germany were involved, to observe their guarantee.  Great Britain, one of the witnesses,
on August 4, sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding that Belgian justice be respected.
When Germany refused, Britain declared war on it the same day.  Italy remained
uninvolved until May 23, 1915, when, to satisfy its claims against Austria, it broke with
the Triple Alliance and declared war on Austria - Hungary.  In Sep...

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