A Serbian nationalist from the Black Hand group assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie. In response, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. This event marked the start of World War I.
SERBIA: wanted to seek revenge against those who had assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In 1871, Germany defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War and annexed the French regions of Alsace and Lorraine. In the early 1900s, France still wanted to regain these territories.
FRANCE; France still wanted to regain these territories.
1882 The leaders of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy signed an agreement promising to help one another if war broke out. Germany and Austria-Hungary shared borders and a common language, and both wanted to expand.
GERMANY: wanted to expand the nation’s territory in Europe
In the years before World War I, Germany sharply increased its military spending. It wanted to match Britain's naval power and gain dominance in Europe. German militarism and its rivalry with Britain and France was a major cause of the war.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: wanted to be an independent nation
<span>When government workers are later hired as lobbyists the practice is referred to as the revolving door policy. Some countries have legislation against it considering it unethical, some don't care about it.</span>
The ems dispatch was edited without adding or changing words, it was only reduced by eliminating some words, which in the end, according to Bismarck, the difference in the effect was not the result of stronger words, but of the form, what made the telegram seem stronger and decisive, while the original version would only have been considered as an unfinished negotiation.
