1. Was any one European nation responsible for the start of World War I?

Answer 1

Well, actually, the Allies started the actual "World War."


What happened to the Duke of Austria-Hungary was basically an internal affair, so when Austria-Hungary sent troops to Bosnia because of the assassination, no one else had any business getting involved.

The Allies, however, got involved and sided with the Bosnians, so that started the World War. Germany only got involved because it had a treaty with the Austrian-Hungarians.

Answer 2

There is so much guilt and blame to go around for the start of WW I that it is hard to really fix the blame on any one nation. That said, at the peace conference at Versailles in 1919, blame for the war as placed upon Germany and also upon Austria-Hungary to a lesser extent, by the victorious powers - England, France and the USA. The defeated powers were forced to sign this treaty accepting blame. It has always been my pet theory that the French had a great deal of responsibility for start of the war. Germany and Austria- Hungary had a defensive alliance stating if either party was attacked the other would come to its aid. France and Russia had a defensive alliance stating that if either party was attacked the other would come to its aid. So, the two sides had agreements that – if attacked – they would go to the aid of the ally. Here is where the subtlety of the situation comes into play. The French ambassador to Russia, Maurice Paléologue, gives a promise to the Czar that if Russia attacks Austria- Hungary then France will join in the war against Germany. The Czar then orders a war mobilization against Austria. Germany orders mobilization against France. And the war is off and running. As I say here, the subtle thing is that the French ambassador gives permission and a promise to fight along side Russia if Russia attacks Austria- Hungary when in fact the alliance terms state that France would come to Russia’s aid if Russia were attacked. So, there are plenty of nations to blame, Serbia, Asutia- Hungary, Russia, Germany, and France, but in many respects this was just a war waiting for some one – anyone – to start it. All the nations involved had grudges against one or more on the other side. They all wanted the fight. In the end, the Winners blamed the Losers for staring things.

Answer 3

No. The assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand was the pretext for starting the war. Austria decided to punish their Serbian subjets and Russia decided to come to the aid of their fellow Slavic people. But that should have left it as a war between Austria and Russia.

The problem was Britain and Germany did not think the seas were big enough for both of them.
For centuries, Britannia ruled the waves. Then Germany started building a Navy rivaling Britain's.
They began aggravating each other. They signed non agression treaties with other nations. When they did they agreed to come to each other's aid if they were at war. Britain signed one with France and France signed one with Russia. Germany signed one with Austria. Therefore when Austria was at war, Germany was at war. When Russia was at war, France was at war and when France was at war, Britain was at war.

Even if the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand had not happened eventually the war would have broken out as long as there were hostilities between Britain and Germany.

Answer 4

WWI was started between European nations. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Western Russia, Britain, France, Italy.

Answer 5

Well it was a Serbian national Gavrilo Princep who shot the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo causing Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia.

So it was Austria-Hungary which caused WWI and not Germany.

The situation expanded as each country honored various treaties with Serbia or with Austria. Situations got quickly out of control and it inflated into a world war.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Gavrilo Princip, Franz Ferdinand's assassin was a member of Young Bosnia and one of seven assassins sent by Crna Ruka (The Black Hand). Young Bosnia was the revolutionary movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Though there was no formal organization the term was used throughout the kingdom of Serbs to refer to groups who saught the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to make way for unification of the south Slavs with Serbia and the formation of a Slavic State (Yugoslavia). Many believe Young Bosnia movement to have evolved as a subsidiary of Crna Ruka, a secret society founded in Serbia in 1911. The assassination went forward under orders from the Chief of Serbian Military Intelligence and Serbian Military Officers.

So yeah... Serbia.

Answer 8

To be honest, it wasn't started by any one nation. The assination of Archduke Ferdinand in Bosnia is usually pointed to as the spark that started World War I, but it was a whole collection of things that just basically exploded into WWI.

Answer 9

i think so because we would have never gotten into world war one if it werent for germany and italy trying to be the best