World History › Section V · World War I › Topic V.2
The Ottoman collapse and the coming of war
As Ottoman power drained out of the Balkans, new nations and old empires competed to fill the gap. This topic follows how that contest produced a murder in Sarajevo in June 1914, and how the murder became a world war within six weeks.
In this topic
- The sick man of Europe
- Nationalism against empires
- The Balkan Wars
- Sarajevo, 28 June 1914
- The July Crisis
- Worked example: a murder becomes a world war
- Worked example: who was to blame?
- Belgium and the opening battles
- Stalemate in the west, disaster in the east
- The war widens
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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