Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria

On June 28th, 1914, Austria-Hungary’s Archduke “Francis Ferdinand, Austrian heir, and [his] wife [were] murdered (Doc 10)” in Sarajevo, Bosnia. His assassin was Gavrilo Princip, who was a Bosnian Serb and was in an organization that seeked to end Austro-Hungarian rule in his home of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Princip was said to have “fired the shot that started World War 1”, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was considered one of the, if not THE, main cause(s) of The First World

Nationalistic ego on part of Europe as a whole boiled Ferdinand’s assassination into action, pushing Europe into war. “[Serbia] has done nothing to suppress these[rebellious] movements”(Doc 3). Austria-Hungary had no compassion to the thoughts of the Serbian citizens while they ruled over them, only thinking of more territory they could dominate, and in turn, terrorist groups like The Black Hand, sprouted and eventually were successful in their mission. However, Austria-Hungary and Serbia were not alone in blame. The entirety of Europe were imperializing areas in Africa, Asia, and North America. Due to their land conquests, much of Europe was zealously fighting over who would get what area. No one stood up to be the bigger man

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June, 1914, precipitated WW1. He was shot by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand, a Serbian group set up to fight for the unification of all South Slav territories that had been annexed by Austria-Hungary. Two months after the shooting Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, setting off the next chain of events that brought

World War 1 came to life on the 28 July 1914 after a Serbian nationalist secret society known as ‘The Black Hand’ orchestrated the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The murder took place whilst the Archduke and his wife were riding in a carriage through the streets of civilised Saravejo, and sparked a drastic retaliation by Austria-Hungary. Prior to the assassination, the current holder of the Austria-Hungary throne Franz Josef had been searching for ways to establish a deeper influence in the Balkans and to overthrow abolish the current nationalist movement in Serbia. The slaying of his nephew and heir at the hands of the Serbian gave Franz Josef his long awaited opportunity to commence a rivalry and war between the nations. After a long 3 weeks, a final response was issued from Austria-Hungary whom demanded an answer

While there is never just a single event that has led to the start of a world war, or any other serious war, there is often one thing that triggers long lived tensions and thus war ensues. Such was the case in WWI with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There were many tensions that existed prior to his assassination, but it was his assassination which triggered the war, his assassination that served as an excuse, and perhaps the last straw, so to speak, which led to the First World War. The following paper examines the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and its relationship to the start of WWI.

On June 28, 1914 the peace of Europe was threatened when Garillo Princip, a member of the terrorist group; the Black Hand, murdered Arch-Duke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungry. After the assassination, well established alliances, made many European nations chose sides. By August 1914, what had been a small conflict in Europe, evolved into a world war. Over 30 nations took part in either fighting the Central or Allied Powers. The excerpt from “June 28, 1914 A Royal Murder” demonstrates the assassination of the

The assassination gave Austria-Hungary a good reason to form a plan against Serbia, but Austria-Hungary first got Germany’s promise to support them in any action they took against Serbia. Then Austria-Hungary sent Serbia a list of demands on July 23. Serbia accepted most of the demands and offered to have the rest settled by an international conference. Austria-Hungary rejected the offer and declared war on Serbia on July 28 1914("World War I History." ).

World War I was brought on by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. His assassination was brought on by Gavrilo Princip. The assassinations, along with the arms race, nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and the alliance system all contributed to the origins of World War I, which began a month after Franz Ferdinand's death, with Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia being alias fought to defend Serbia. Germany kicked in seeing the mobilization of Russia and declared war on them. France was drawn in against both Germany and Austria-Hungary. When Germany attacked France, going through Belgium, Britain came into defend. Later other countries such as Japan, Italy,

In 1914, Austria-Hungary had it’s perfect villain: Gavrilo Princip of Serbia. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand paved the way for war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Had Franz Ferdinand been at the decision table, he would have made it clear that he “did not believe Austria-Hungary could wage war in the Balkans without triggering Russian intervention,” (Strachan 8). With his death, the voice of reason had left the table. Despite talks of peace and diplomacy between the two nations, Austria-Hungary deemed peace talks inadequate and went to war with

Militarism was a large in factor in why both Germany and Austria-Hungary were more than willing to declare war on Serbia. Both countries had knowledge that it would most certainly escalate into a European war at the very least, given Russia's interest in preventing the expansion of the Austria-Hungary empire further into the Balkans. Dr. Annika Mombauer believes that war was avoidable; Germany put pressure on Austria-Hungary to declare war, viewing it as a favorable opportunity to

Japan that was in an alliance with the Entente but also wanted to expand its sphere of influence, declared war on Germany on August 1914. Japan quickly occupied German territories in China and in the Pacific. France and Britain attacked German colonies in Africa. They also used their controls over their colonies to recruit troops. The United States eventually stepped in the war in February 17th 1917 after the US officials intercepted the Zimmermann telegram.

The Austro-hungarian empire in retaliation to the assassination of the Archduke,declared war.This declaration of war caused,the Tsardom of Russia to declare war against the Austro-Hungar in defence of serbia.Germany also declared war,this time against Serbia and the Russians.Shortly afterwards the uk and france allied with russia and serbia against the Ottoman,Austro-Hungar

On June 28th 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by six Black Hand terrorists in Sarajevo, Bosnia. This is the spark that would start one of the biggest wars in known history that would make thousands of widows and thousands of orphans.

Princip (a Serbian Nationalist), began a chain of occasions that started the occasions prompting WWI. The

In 1862, he was appointed the Minister-President of Prussia by King Wilhelm I. This proved to be a decisive moment in his career since from then on Bismarck would spearhead a number of wars and treaties that ultimately lead to the unification of German states. The first began in 1864 when the Prussians attacked Denmark and took control of German-speaking territories Schleswig-Holstein. The German-Prussian army then went on to fight the Austro-Prussian war better known as the Seven Weeks’ war in 1866 against the Austrians in what can be termed as somewhat of an upset. The Austrian-Hungarian House of Habsburg (it should be noted that this is the same house to which the Archduke Franz Ferdinand belonged, whose assassination incited the First World War and who Hitler despised) finally knew that the fate of the German people could never again be decided without the consent of this new “Iron Chancellor”. This was followed by the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 which was once again won by Bismarck and the Prussians. By now Bismarck had defeated Napoleon III. The French had envisioned an easy victory against the Prussians and had expected help from Italy and Austria-Hungary, none of which arrived. But once again, Bismarck was too smart for the likes of the French and was not going to let petty alliances get in the way of his Reich. Two years after crushing the French, in 1873