does anyone know about the events ending up to world war 1?

Answer 1

From about 1900 onwards, there were enormous technical advances in battleship propulsion, armaments, and armour plating. Everyone was trying to keep pace with everyone else, rather like the ICBM and H-bomb races of the 1960's. It was almost inevitable that some international incident would be inflated to the point of declaring war, just to give them all a chance to try out these new big toys against each other. Paradoxically, the final outcome had very little to do with battleships, and much more to do with submarines, tanks, and aeroplanes which had not been significant elements in the armaments race at all.

Answer 2

The squabbling over the Baltic area, Alsace Lorraine, and other areas. The Austria-Hungarian empire had a habit of picking on Serbia, too which resulted in the assassination of Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife by Serbian terrorist Gabrilo (spelling) Princip, who is a member of a terrorist group called the Black Hand. There are a lot more events leading up to the war but I'm not sure since I haven't done much reading on the subject. My speciality is WW2.

However, there's a website you can go to called www.ww1accordingtobob.com. There are TONS of web resources on the subject here. Bob Packett is a college instructor/AP history teacher and he knows his stuff. If you have an iPod or MP3 player, you can download his podcasts about history and he's doing an entire series on WW1.

My suggestion would be to go to your local library and look up books by these two authors:

*John Keegan
*Hew Strachan

These two historians know this subject well and if you have digital cable, you might be able to pick up the Military Channel and on weeknights, they will have a continuing series on WW1 (where John Keegan provides commentary).

Good luck!

Also google Barbara Tuchman, too. Her books also provide good commentary.

Answer 3

Europe had become polarized over past battles and occupations. As a result, alliances were struck and an arms race was initiated. Trade barriers were established. Britain's economic position had been overtaken by Germany. Germany was envious of Britain's worldwide presence. Covert operations developed to undermine the enemies' positions. The current military thought was that you had to strike first and not stop until the war had been won. Europe was on the brink of war with military leaders poised to strike.

Muslim Serbs plotted to cause disruptions and got in contact with some teenagers in Sarajevo who were disgruntled with the establishment. A couple of them had what was then incurable teburculosous and wanted to be remembered in death. They plotted to kill the mayor of Sarajevo and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The Serbs provided them with grenades, weapons, and cianide so that they wouldn't be taken alive and would become martyrs. When the prince arrived to visit the mayor, the teenagers were positioned along his parade route. As he past the first kid, the kid froze. The next kid through a grenade at the prince's car but forgot to account for the 10 second delay in the grenade an it bounced off of the car and exploded under a car following. Right after he through the grenade, the kid took the poison and through himself into the river so that he would definitely die. The cianide was too old and did not kill him and the river was only 4 inches deep so he was captured. The plot fell apart during the confusion.

The remaining kids retreated to a park, drank wine, and could not figure out what to do next. One of them was hungry so he went to a restaraunt to have a sandwich.

In the meantime, the Prince had arrived at city hall and interrupted the Mayor's welcoming speech with a tirade about almost being killed. The mayor had no idea about what had just happened so, after the prince finished, the mayor finished reading his speech. The mayor left in a huff to visit the people in the hospital who had been wounded in the car behind him. The driver took the wrong route. The prince yelled at his driver that he was going the wrong way.

As the driver stopped to turn around, the kid had finished eating his sandwich and walked out of the restaurant to see the prince. The kid pulled his pistol out and shot the prince and his wife.

Everyone declared war and WWI started.

Answer 4

The major European powers had been trying to maintain a status-quo, and had set up a series of alliances to bolster this effort. Their diplomatic methods were middle 19th Century and they figured any outbreak of violence would be quick and mild if a conflict did break out. They had no idea how far technology had advanced, but they did know that they needed resources from their imperial possessions.

When the Ottoman Empire (aka "The sick old man of Europe") collapsed, a huge power vacuum appeared that tore the status quo to pieces before anyone knew what had really happened.

And yes, Serbs, Muslims and oil played a part, but there was a whole patchwork quilt of animosities and competition throughout Europe that brought on World War I.

Answer 5

WW 1 began in the 1800s, when, after the Franco-Prussian war, the French allied themselves with Britain. The Germans, not to be outdone, allied themselves with Austria and that prompted England and France to ally themselves with Russia. The Germans then allied themselves with Turkey, or as it was known then, the Ottoman Empire. Now, part of the Austrian empire was Serbia, a small country that was-tentatively-allied with Russia. Austria was attempting to impose it's own government on the Serbs, and by 1914, things had come to a head. The Serbian underground reasoned that if they assassinated the King of Austria, a new King would be more moderate and allow the Serbs to remain independent. It was not to be, as the assassination was carried out, and so infuriated were the Austrians, that they declared war on helpless Serbia. Russia, being a friend and ally, quickly declared war on Austria, and the Germans were quick to follow suit and declare war on Russia, since they were allied with the Austrians. When war was declared on Russia, Britain and France had no choice but to declare war on Germany, and then coming to their aid, Turkey declared war on Britain and France. Once that happened, there was no turning back, war fever took hold, and the War to end all Wars began simply because no one had the wherewithall to say NO!

Answer 6

ending world war 1 or leading up to world war 1?

if its leading up.....lets say simplified: Bismark builds big navy makes british uneasy. dude gets shot in serajevo ...by the black hand.....lots more but thats what wikipedia is for

Answer 7

The shooting of archduke Franz Ferdinand was the last straw. He was in an open car and I believe they missed the first time and then ran further down and hit him.

Answer 8

what was it about?
the Nazis?
Hitler hated the Jews for he hated God...
iie, wakarimasen...