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Post by YuriTKalenkov on Jul 10, 2004 14:19:02 GMT -5
I regard WWI as a strange war, probably because I don't really know what led up to it. I mean, I'm pretty sure that the assassination of one man wouldn't spark a world war.
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Post by renwan on Jul 10, 2004 16:14:30 GMT -5
actually the assasination of the guy created wwI, almost all countries in Europe were allies in case of invasion, so one country entered in war with another and because that country had allies and the other one had too they were involved all in the war.
all cuz the assasination of some rich guy , that started WWi.
(i have a big big headache i cant think of names now, sorry)
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Post by amy on Jul 14, 2004 13:20:42 GMT -5
who was Franz Ferdinand? the rich guy or the assassin?
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Post by Yex on Jul 14, 2004 16:19:05 GMT -5
He was the "rich guy", and he was assassinated by some Serbian Nationalist. After he was assassinated, Austria-Hungary had grounds to invade the Balkans, but Russia also wanted the Balkans, so The war was essentially between Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia. It just so happens that Russia had and allegiance with England and France, and Austria-Hungary had an allegiance with Germany. So suddenly, a bunch of more factors were thrown in.
The ottomans also joined because they had been eyeing the Balkans for some time.
WWI was the height of imperialism, because it was all over... Land. Specifically the Balkans, though England and France got to slice up the former ottoman empire too.
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Post by HSRosteK on Jul 18, 2004 19:35:32 GMT -5
So how did the US get involved?
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Post by wheelchairman on Jul 18, 2004 20:35:29 GMT -5
Well that's a funny story of american neutrality. FOr Wilson's first term he stayed out of the whole situation, then he campaigned for his second term saying that America doesn't need to be a part of European imperialism and whatnot. Then after he was elected we started sending supplies to both parties. (although since England had ocean superiority none of the supplies really got to Germany.) And then Wilson made the Germans agree to not hurting a single american cruise ship. And well eventually one was hit so they invaded the Germans. At least that's how my memory recalls it.
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Post by ReZheem on Jul 19, 2004 12:16:16 GMT -5
If I remember right, didn't the Germans set restrictions on ships desiring access to the English Channel? Something about zebra stripes?
Also, the sending of supplies to both parties made war debts on both sides, to the USA. That, and the American imperialist age under McKinley-Roosevelt-Taft administrations (1897-1915 or so) made America go from a nobody to a world power.
That's how Wilson got re-elected, isn't it? A split developed between Taft and Roosevelt, so the Democrats won the election. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Post by wheelchairman on Jul 19, 2004 14:14:00 GMT -5
Actually it might've been Taft who got re-elected. Without looking it up, I often get Taft and Wilson mixed up. I'm rather sure it was Taft. Because Wilson is the one who exported all the communists and put all the socialists in prison.
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Post by CRAB on Mar 17, 2005 19:21:52 GMT -5
It was Wilson.
Taft didn't get re-elected. His Republicans got less votes than a third party that election.
That's sad.
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Post by Klaxon on Mar 18, 2005 8:55:56 GMT -5
Yup. Definitely Wilson.
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Post by N'Djamena on Mar 24, 2005 10:41:54 GMT -5
It was Wilson. Taft didn't get re-elected. His Republicans got less votes than a third party that election. That's sad. Not if you look at the story in context. Former President teddy roosevelt went on a world cruise, and Tedd's party successor Taft was President. He ended up replaceing most of Roosevelt's cabinet, making him very unpopular. Next election time, Taft's Republicans lost to Roosevelt's Progressives who lost to Wilson's Democrats.
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Post by Tang Soo Do on Apr 7, 2005 8:40:28 GMT -5
But World War I was not primarily over the Balkans. Before the war started, infact, since Napoleon, the European nations had formed a web of alliances.
Triple Alliance Austria-Hungary Germany Italy
Triple Entente Great Britain Russia (tsarist) France
There ware also a couple of small but important alliances.
Great Britain~Belgium Russia~Serbia
So, when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Serb, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia, because of its alliance, declared war on Austria-Hungary, which declared war on Russia in return. Because of the Triple Entente, Great Britain and France declared war on Austria-Hungary. Because of the Triple Alliance, the Triple's declared war on each other.
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