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.
The Balkans are often referred to as the Powder keg of Europe because the area saw a number of smaller events that eventually set off much larger ones, leading to World War I. The area is also sometimes called the Balkan Powder Keg and refers specifically to the early 20th century before World War I. Continue Reading.