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नमस्कार दोस्तों, 28 June 1914, एक 19 साल का स्कूल में पढ़ने वाला स्टूडेंट, आस्ट्रियो हंगेरियन एंपायर के प्रिंस की गोली मार कर हत्या कर
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देता है और इसे एक घटना की वज़े से जंग छिड़ जाती है It is a war that has been 4 years,
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which has been 2 crores to more people who go to 2 crores to more people.
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It is a war that has been many ancient empires, it is a war that has been many countries and continents.
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Today, we know this war is World War I.
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It is sensational to me that it is a single one of the world war 1.
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If we can go back to the time machine and go to the assassination of this world war, I don't know the reality is so simple.
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There is no such a big war, a long, complex chain of reasons.
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And then there is a gap that causes a spark.
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Imagine that a dynamite is here.
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And I use a small machis to use the dynamite.
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So, what happened here is not my machis.
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It was actually a dynamite.
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That's why it was here.
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Here we will understand the video about World War I.
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In 1914, Europe's history was seen as well.
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There was a great
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Austrian -Hungarian Empire, which was very much bigger than Austria and Hungary.
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country country country country country country country country country country country
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country country country country country country country country country country country
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country country country country country country country country country country country
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country country country country country country country country country country country
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country country country country country country country country country country country
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country country country country country country country country country country country country country country country country country country and San Marino.
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Now Eastern Europe, like Serbia, Bosnia, Romania and Bulgaria are called Balkan countries.
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Please remember that this is very important in our story.
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Let's start in 1878.
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The Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire had a war.
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The Ottoman Empire was one side, the Russian Empire was the other side, which helped these Balkan countries from the Ottoman Empire.
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This war in the conclusion, in 1878, the Treaty of Berlin signed.
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करी गई थी इस treaty के अनुसार Austro -Hungarian Empire को
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हक दिया गया था कि Bosnia और Herzegovina का जो region है उसको ये administer कर सकता है temporarily लेकिन officially
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Ottoman Empire का part रहेगा ये area लेकिन October 1908 में Austro -Hungarian Empire ने Bosnia और Herzegovina को annex कर लिया,
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invade कर दिया उस समय का एक ये political cartoon है जो बड़ा interesting है देखना, Ottoman के सुल्तान अपने हाथ पकड़ कर खड़े हैं,
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helpless feel कर रहे हैं क्योंकि Ottoman Empire के अंडर internal problems आने लग रही थी,
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revolutions होने लग रही थी अपनी इस समय में Bulgaria आजाद
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हो गया Ottoman Empire से जो आप बीच में देख सकते हैं, एक independent देश बन गया Left पर आप देख सकते हैं कि Austrian महराजा,
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France, Yosef, Bosnia और Herzegovina देश को भी चीनने लग रहे हैं फाड
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कर मैप से चीनने लग रहे हैं अब ये जो Bosnia और Herzegovina का देश है,
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ये 400 साल तक Ottoman राज के अंदर रहा लेकिन आजादी
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मिलने की जगहें अब यहाँ पर एक और empire ने आकर
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इसे capture कर लिया obviously जो बॉसनिया में रहने वाले लोग
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हैं वो इससे बहुत गुसा थे वो आजाद होना चाहते थे
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उनकी neighboring country सर्विया में भी लोग बड़े गुसा थे इस
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चीज़ को होते हो देख कर Serbian logo का Bosnian logo
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के साथ ना सिर्फ एक Geographical Connection था बलकि एक Ethnic
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Connection भी था Actually में ये जो सारी Countries है Eastern
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Europe के इनकी Ethnicity है Slavs की बहुत से लोग इन
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देशों में रहने वाले इस Connection को Feel करते हैं In fact,
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अगर आप इस Map के Bottom Side पर देखोगे जो Dark Blue में Countries हैं in countries of the country, people of you have
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South Slavs and many people have a South Slavic nation demand for this country.
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Serbia has complained that Austria and Hungary which is not just
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Bosnia, but the South Slavs and the South Slavs are invading for this country.
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Before this country, Austria -Hungary Foreign Minister has already talked about Russian Foreign Minister as well as Russia does not do it.
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We have to tell you first, we have to tell you that we have to tell you
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that we have to talk about it and Russia has listened to it because Russia had something else to return
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Look at this
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Black Sea and this
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Sea of Marmara The state of Bosphorus is divided into two parts of Istanbul This part was Ottoman Empire
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and Russia wanted to cut it
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Russia had to cut it from the Austro -Hungarian Empire
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and said that we should cut it from this part and we should cut it from this part
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And you don't say that you don't say anything about Bosnia country, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia,
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we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia,
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we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia,
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we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia,
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we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia,
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we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia, we don't say anything about Bosnia,
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we don't say anything about Bosnia,
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It was 1909, now Austria -Hungarian Empire Germany looked at and asked if we are now in Serbia country and in Russia,
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what do we help us?
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Germany said, why not?
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We are very good friends, we are very good friends, we will help us.
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Now on the other hand, Russia is asking France.
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The Austro -Hungarian Empire was first in Bosnia, and when it was objecting,
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the Austro -Hungarian Empire and Germany are talking about the attack of Serbia.
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They are talking about the fight against us.
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But France says, what do you think of Bosnia?
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What do you think of it?
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I don't want to interfere with it.
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So France's plans to be able to accept the annexation of Ferdinand
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and Bosnia's war war war war war war war war war
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war war war war war war revolutionary movement की शुरुवात होती
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है जिसे कहा जाता है Young Bosnia ये एक student revolutionary
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group है Serbian लोग इनकी मदद करने लग रहे है इनका purpose है आजाद देश बनाना In fact,
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इनका purpose ना सिर्फ Bosnia और Herzegovina को आजादी दिलाना है
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बलकि Serbia के साथ unite करना भी है ये चाहते हैं
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ये एक अखंड South Slavic राष्ट्र बनाएं यूगो सलाविया क्या नाम
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है यूगो सलाविया यूगो का मतलब होता है South तो South
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Slavic country बने एक जो कि spoiler alert बाद में जाकर
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बन भी जाती है हलागि आज के जमाने में बन कर
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तूट भी गई है ये country लेकिन anyways 28 जून 1914
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को Austria -Hungary's Prince Ferdinand is going to suffer from her wife Sophie with Bosnia's annexed territory.
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They wanted to suffer from Hindi, but they wanted to suffer from English.
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6 Bosnian Revolutionaries planned that they would kill.
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In the morning, a revolutionary, Cabrinovic, is a bomb on Ferdinand's guard.
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The bomb is going to bounce on the side of the guard, and 20 people injured.
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They are injured.
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Ferdinand is running away and running away.
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The meeting is canceled by the shock.
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Bosnian mayor says, we have to go to the city and we have to go to the bomb.
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This is outrageous.
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The program is canceled.
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The people who are injured will be able to meet them.
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In the road of the hospital, the car takes a wrong turn by mistake.
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When the car goes wrong, we realize that actually
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Actually, this is a revolutionary only 5 feet away from a 19 -year school student,
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Gavrilo Princip, which I have talked about in the beginning of the video.
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He is the man who runs Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
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He is the Austro -Hungarian Empire prince.
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Gavrilo Princip is immediately arrested, but his age is 20 -2 months ago.
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This is why there are 20 years jail for the assassination of Gavrilo.
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They say that I'm a Yugoslav nationalist.
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My goal is to unite all the Yugoslavs.
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And I'm not sure that Yugoslavs are going to be united.
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But I want to say that Austria will be free austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire
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austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire
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austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire austro -hungarian empire which is called chain of friendship.
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This is a very interesting cartoon that has been created in this situation.
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Italy was actually with Austria, Hungary and Germany in alliance, but its agreement came back from Italy,
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because in the agreement it was said that if there is any damage on our country, then we can help you.
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But here, Austria, Hungary and Germany are invading into Serbia.
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We are going to attack ourselves, so we are going to go back.
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But because the Ottoman Empire was the enemy of Russia, The Ottoman Empire is coming to the Austro -Hungarian Empire.
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Here is the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom because Russia, France and Britain had an alliance treaty with a triple intent.
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This is a big war, the Great War, where all the countries come together with another war.
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The USA and Japan are also joined by Britain and France support
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and obviously the British was involved because the British soldiers were needed
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so the most easy option is that the British had to be colonized
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and obviously the people who used to use soldiers so the Indians also go to Britain to be behalf to this
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World War 1 participate so the world war 1 but here
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This is a very important question.
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Why do these countries do not have the same way?
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Why do these countries do not have the same way?
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Why do these countries do not have the same way?
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This is the 4 main reasons.
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Nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and alliances.
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Nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliances.
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Nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliances.
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Nationalism means that without liberation, without a nationalism.
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Without a nationalism.
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एक ऐसा nationalism जो race पर अधारित हो, जो इस पर अधारित हो कि मेरी country best country है दुनिया की,
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और जो बाकी country है उनके खिलाफ एक aggressive attitude होना, बाकी countries को एक निचली नजर से देखना,
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जब Bismarck ने Germany को unified किया था 1871 में, वो nationalism के basis पर किया था, लेकिन फिर भी Germany एक constitutional monarchy थी,
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Prussian monarchy के अंडर, लोग He convinced that he will go to war on his own country.
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He declared war on imperialism on his own country.
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He will go to war on his own country and occupy him on his own country.
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Now, he will go to his own country and his own country.
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Why do they want to expand their countries?
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Why do they want to expand their countries?
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Why do they want to expand their countries?
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This is a simple answer, that is loot.
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Raja Maharaja, the other country, the other country, the other country, the other country, the other country, and the other country.
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power پانے کے لیے کہ یہ دیکھو میرے اندر کتنا علاقہ
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آتا ہے اتنے بڑے ایریا پر میرا راج ہے اور دوسرا
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resources کو exploit کرنے کے لیے ان ایریاز کے کہیں پر
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سونا پایا جاتا تھا اسے لوٹ کر اپنی treasury میں رکھنے
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کے لیے اور 1900s تک یہ جو کام تھا لوٹنے کا
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یہ capitalist companies بھی کرنے لگ گئی تھی جیسے کی East
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India Company East India Company نے ہی تو پہلے قبضہ کیا
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تھا انڈیا کے ایریاز اور انڈیا کی wealth کو drain کرنا شروع کیا تھا That's why many people say
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that imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism.
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Capitalists take advantage of their raw material and cheap labor for their profits.
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At that time, a famous capitalist, Henry Ford, who started the Ford Company, said a famous dialogue about war and capitalism.
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Do you want to know the cause of war?
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It is capitalism, greed, the dirty hunger for dollars.
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Take away the capitalist and you will sweep war from earth.
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Because imperialism was not possible, it was without the militaryism.
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There was a lot of money to pay for this country in the military.
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So, this could be more than the other countries, simply by brute force.
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British Royal Navy was the largest
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Navy in the world, which was the most important part of Britain was the imperialist empire.
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The British, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia and Italy, Their combined military spending in 1870 was 94 million pounds.
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And in 1914, it was 4 million dollars.
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They spent a lot of money on the military.
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Their imperialism was very interesting.
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They were more interested in their empire.
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The interesting thing is that when I talk about the country, the country is mostly the monarch which was the emperor of the empire.
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It was not a democracy.
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There was no people who didn't listen to it.
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There was only one person who was on top.
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There was a big crude king and king.
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Germany was Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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He was a crudy king.
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He was always standing there.
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France, Britain, Russia, Germany.
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Russia, Sir Nicholas II was the last emperor of the empire.
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Britain's head of state was King George V.
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One interesting fact is that the three kings and the first cousins were one of the family of the people.
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Three kings.
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Imagine you can do it.
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World War 1 is a game of thrones.
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You can do it.
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Queen Victoria has tried to do it in three countries.
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But after the death of them was possible.
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The fourth reason is the alliances.
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In all countries have seen so many political alliances.
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In 1882, there was a triple alliance in Germany, Austria -Hungarian Empire and Italy.
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In 3 countries have promised a mutual support if someone has great power on another.
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In 1907, there was a major alliance in 1907 in Great Britain, France and Russia.
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This alliance was the original reason for imperialism.
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These countries were in other countries, and then they were jealous and jealous of them that they were in this African country,
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they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country,
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they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country,
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they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country,
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they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country,
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they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country,
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they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country,
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they were in this country, they were in this country, they were in this country,
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they The reason is that a soldier can be used in the time of the time.
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If you want to be a soldier, you want to be a soldier of the king of the
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king of the king of the king of the king of
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the king of the king of the king of the king
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of the king of the king of the king of the
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king of the king of the king of the king of
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the king of the king of the king of the king
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of the king of the king of the king of the
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king of the king of the king of
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the king of the king of the king of the king.
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JINGOISTIC NATIONALISM
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and he highlighted the article in the Times in London.
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He said that the British soldier will do his duty even to a certain death
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and is not paralyzed by the feeling that he is the victim of some hideous blunder.
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Top leadership took a wrong decision in which the soldiers came to visit and also showed this thing as a heroic act.
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The British monarch had appointed an official poet, Alfred Tennyson.
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It was one of the first poems in the world that the soldier was a hero.
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A famous English poet was Rupert Brooke.
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His poems were the soldier and the dead.
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War and death were a glorious thing.
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His death was the world war one.
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Winston Churchill used his poem as a death note.
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He used to recruit other people.
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So, this is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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This is the war mongering propaganda.
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British Labour Party, Russia, Bolsheviks, Germany, Carl Leibnest and Rosa Luxemburg.
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In addition, there were other groups like anarchists and syndicalists, who were the internationalists.
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Some people were religion and humanity based on war, such as Henry Ford or Valentin Bulga.
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In addition, Rodyard Kipling, intellectuals and poets, who were against the war.
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You know that
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Jungle Book is the author of The Charge of Light Brigade.
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The Last of the Light Brigade thomas hardy the man
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he killed the man he killed the man he killed the man
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he killed the man he killed the man he killed the man
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he killed the man he killed the man
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he killed the man he killed the man he killed
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This is the reason
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that every soldier who fought in World War I was in the world war 1 war mongering propaganda influence gender
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and we have seen many cases where there were mutinies in France
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that a whole battalion had to stand up that we didn't fight
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Russia soldiers had to fight the war the Christmas truth of 1914
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when the war was running Christmas time one of the British soldiers one of the German soldiers
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They came together to celebrate Christmas in the war
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We were in the front line.
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We were about 300 yards from the Germans
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and we had I think on Christmas Eve we'd been singing carols
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and this that and the other and the Germans have been doing the same.
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Eventually a German said tomorrow you know shoot, we know shoot.
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So, this was the first time of war.
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for the war.
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Eventually, World War 1 happened.
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Exactly what happened?
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Let's talk about this video.
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In this video, we'll talk about exactly
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World War 2.
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Which countries have fought, and how did India's involvement was in this geopolitical game.
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I hope you will be informative.
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If you like this video, watch the Cargill War video.
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I've made many historical education videos.
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You can see the playlist here.
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We will see you in the next video.
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Thank you very much.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Why World War 1 happened?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: countries, empire, Russia, soldier, Austro. This video has 289 sentences and 3400 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:55. The speaker talks at a natural 155 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| capture verb | /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ | To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. |
| ruler noun | /ˈɹulɚ/ | A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings. |
| soldier noun | /ˈsoʊld͡ʒɚ/ | A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member. |
| poem noun | /ˈpoʊ.əm/ | A literary piece written in verse. |
| invade verb | /ɪnˈveɪd/ | To move into. |
| alliance noun | /əˈlaɪ.əns/ | The state of being allied. |
| nationalism noun | /ˈnæʃ(ə)nəˌlɪzəm/ | A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture. |
| emperor noun | /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/ | The male monarch or ruler of an empire. |
| annex noun | /əˈnɛks/ | An addition, an extension. |
| revolutionary noun | /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/ | A revolutionist; a person who revolts. |
| assassination noun | /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain. |
| monarchy noun | /ˈmɑnɚki/ | A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler). |
| earn verb | /ɝn/ | To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. |
| treaty noun | /ˈtɹiti/ | A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact. |
| poet noun | /ˈpoʊ.ət/ | A person who writes poems. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. |
| break apart verb | To dismantle something into its base components. |
| come under verb | To come underneath (something). |
| fall under verb | To belong to for purposes of categorization. |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Doesn't it sound very sensational?
- Don't forget them, they're very important for our story.
- Can you imagine that?
- Let's meet in the next video.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to use · used to recruit |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been · has complained · has already talked |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was seen · are called · is divided |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who go · Empire, which was · Hungary which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, wasn't, couldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: ethnic /ˈɛθ.nɪk/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/, ethnicity /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/, ruthless /ˈɹuːθləs/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, nationalism /ˈnæʃ(ə)nəˌlɪzəm/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, assassination /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, shock /ʃɔk/
- Long words — get the stress right: nationalism /ˈnæʃ(ə)nəˌlɪzəm/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, assassination /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, capitalist /ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/, capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like capture, ruler, soldier.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.