5. There are
many events that led up to World War I, but the most significant
one was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his
wife in 1914. After the assassination, the word spread and Serbia
was in deep waters with Austria-Hungary since the assassins were of
Serbian descent. Austria-Hungary took awhile to respond to the
assassination, but eventually on July 28, they declared war on
Serbia, even though the army would not be ready to attack until
mid-August (836). The Triple Entente, which included Russia,
Britain, and France would become enemies with Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and Italy. With Germany pressuring Austria-Hungary
into war, Europe would never be the same again. Diplomatic efforts
to resolve tensions and differences between Austria-Hungary and
Serbia were rejected and war had begun, which pleased a war-hungry
Germany who was looking for anything to begin a fight with its
European neighbors.
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France and
England were dominant countries, not only in Europe, but around the
world as well. Germany, on the other hand, was not quite a world
power like France and Britain. Germany, like Britain and France,
wanted to be as powerful, if not more, not only in Europe, but
throughout the world. This tension and pressure of European and
world power was building between these rival countries before 1914.
Germany was in competition with France and Britain for several
decades leading up to
World War
I. Both Germany and France would more than double the size of
their armies and, at the same time, compete for spreading their
ideals and beliefs in Europe and throughout the world. Germany also
competed with Britain by similarly wanting to spread their ideals
and beliefs in Europe and throughout the world. Britain possessed
the largest and most powerful navy in the world at this time. Not
to be outdone, Germany looked to build its own navy to be a mighty
and powerful as
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