A fleet carrier is intended to operate with the main fleet and usually provides an offensive capability. These are the largest carriers capable of fast speeds. By comparison, escort carriers were developed to provide defense for convoys of ships. They were smaller and slower with lower numbers of aircraft carried.
The First World War was sparked in the Balkans in 1914 when members of Mlada Bosna, a revolutionary organization with predominately Serbian and pro-Yugoslav members, assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital, Sarajevo.
Growing nationalism and militarism in Europe and the creation of secret alliances were (1) reasons for the rise of democracy (2) causes of World War I (3) requirements for economic development (4) reasons for the collapse of communism 103-31 The Balkans were referred to as the âPowder Keg of Europeâ in the period before World