01+Causes+of+War

=Causes of ﻿World War I=
 * Introduction-** Its the causes of the war that spark the war. Wars don't just start because two people don't like each other, wars start because those people do something so drastic that their country feels threatened. WWI started because of The [[image:cold-war-causes-and-origins.jpg width="295" height="206" align="left"]]Black Hands assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Afghanistan War erupted and begin because of the terrorist hi jackings known as 9/11.

Both Austria-Hungary and Russia wanted control over the Balkans, but they both couldn’t get it. Austria-Hungary took control of some of the territory, which was illegal. Austria-Hungary then paid for the area, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand chose that period to visit Bosnia, part of the annexed territory.  On June 28, 1914 the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated in Sarajevo, shot by Gavrilo Princip, was a main cause of WWI. Franz Ferdinand was shot by Serbian terrorist Gavrilo Princip right after a reception for him at Sarajevo’s Town Hall. Gavrilo Princip was a member of a terrorist group called the Black Hand.
 * Cause 1. The Balkans[[image:balkans.jpg width="323" height="274" align="right" caption="This is the balkan region rreu.11net.com"]]**
 * Cause 2. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand**

One month after Archduke Franz Ferdinand had been assassinated, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. That’s when all the major European powers took sides, Germany and Russia were with Austro-Hungary, and France and England were with Serbia. On August 4, 1914 is when Germany soldiers marched into Belgium and began World War I.
 * Cause 3. The start of WWI[[image:German_Soldiers.jpg width="281" height="172" align="right" caption="Picture of German soldiers fighting from the trecnches (artofmanliness.com)"]] **

=Modern War=

One of the first main causes of the Afghanistan War was 9/11. On 9/11 2 airplanes were flown into the twin towers hijacked by members of Al-Qaida. There was also a third plane that was hijacked and was heading toward the pentagon but the passengers stopped that from happening, and the plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
 * Cause 1. 9/11**

The Northern Alliance responded to the killing of Massoud with an aerial attack on Kabul the night of 9.11.01. Its now known that it was the Killing of Massoud that caused the 9/11 plane hijackings and "bombings" on the twin towers.
 * [[image:445962001_643560415a.jpg width="216" height="153" align="left"]]Cause 2. Killing of Massoud**

October 7th 2001 is the date when the war in Afghanistan began with airstrikes on Taliban and al-Qaida targets. American, British and other allies partnered with the Nothern Alliance to overthrow the Taliban. November 13, 2001 was when the fall of Kabul took place as the Taliban retreated from most of northern Afghanistan.
 * Cause 3. War begins**

Lee, Roger A. "The History Guy: The War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)." //The History Guy: A Resource for History, Military History, Politics, and Biography//. 17 Jan. 2011. Web. 10 Mar. 2011
 * Conclusion-** Since WWI all wars have been caused by something. WWI was caused by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and today the War on Terror/the Afghanistan War was caused by an assassination atempt of Massoud by two Arab men and the airplane hi jackings on September 11th both linked to Osama bin Laden.
 * Citations-Modern War**

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"Unraveling the Causes of World War I (Overview)." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 23 Feb. 2011.
 * Citations- WWI**

Duffy, Michael. "First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Causes of World War One." First World War.com - A Multimedia History of World War One. 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 21 Feb. 2011

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