Austria-Hungary's Assassination

World War I was a tragic episode in European history. As with most wars, there were some causes that led to this event. A few of these causes were militarism, alliances, and imperialism. The first spark of the war was on June 28, 1914 when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist group called the Black Hand. The Austrian leaders demanded an apology from Serbia, they got upset and Russia said they would help Serbia. With no apology and the threat of Russia, on June 28 Austria-Hungary declared war on them; Russia in return declared war on Austria-Hungary. Germany declared war on Russia, France on both Germany and Austria-Hungary. Finally Britain had joined France and Russia, then all of Europe was at war.

The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand played a key role in causing the war due to those involved. The archduke was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. This assassination quickly set off a chain reaction of events culminating in the outbreak of World War I.

This concept leads to the assassination of Austria’s archduke, Franz Ferdinand. This single event is known as the spark of World War I. Serbia wanted independence and freedom from Austria-Hungary. A Serbian nationalist by the name of Gavrilo Princep assassinated the archduke and his wife as they drove by him in a car. The Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist group, orchestrated the attack, causing Austria to declare war on Serbia who was backed by the Russians. Russia, who secretly wanted to have control over Serbia, claimed be motivated by Pan Slavism. Pan Slavism is essentially Slavic nationalism, or the belief that all Slavs should support each other. According to Document 3, Austria-Hungary then made many demands for Serbia to comply with. Serbia accepted almost all demands, but this was not acceptable to Austria-Hungry, who declared war on Serbia soon after. The rest of the European Powers followed due to the Alliance system. Another event, called the Moroccan crisis, also lead to the outbreak of World War I. Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany publicly declared his support for Morocco, angering of France and Britain. The visit was intended to serve as a demonstration that Germany would back Morocco against French expansion. Great Britain and France were extremely angry over what they considered to be their business. Germany had to take most of the blame for World War I as a condition of the Versailles Treaty. According to Document 4, the Treaty forced Germany to pay all reparations for the war and limit it’s boundaries and military size. Germany resented the Treaty and the countries involved. This would eventually lead to the Second World War. Russia left World War I to focus more on internal conflict (revolution). As Russia left the conflict, the United States was pulled into it. The Zimmerman telegram was a secret telegram sent from Germany asking Mexico to enter the war to weaken

Despite being one of the largest and most detrimental wars in Europe’s history, World War I was started by the action of one single person. In June of 1914, the Archduke of Austria- Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian assassin while visiting Serbia. After this, there was tension when Serbia refused to Austria- Hungary apologize for the killing of their Archduke. This continued to escalate until Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia. Following this, war broke out between countries all around Europe, leading to World War I. Although, the war would not have grown as large as it did if it weren’t for a few factors that allowed the spark of the assassination of the Archduke of Austria- Hungary- Hungary to ignite an entire fire. Many countries

World War I was one of the goriest wars the world has experienced, with a total mortality count of about 17 million people. The assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand was believed to have triggered the war when a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip shot him and his wife in the capital of Bosnia on June 28, 1914. A month later the emperor of Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and it wasn't long before France, Russia, Germany and Britain joined the war, turning what should have been a war between two countries into a total war. This caused a widespread war between the Allied and the Central Powers. The war was fought mostly in Europe, Middle East, and North Africa from 1914 through 1918. The most compelling cause of the Great

It all began with an assassination,by a Serbian nationalist on June 28, 1914 in the Balkans. The Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot and killed in his own vehicle, which sparked war between Russia and Germany and the alliances that went along with it. The Allies consisted of France, Great Britain, Russia, The United States and Italy, while The Central Powers consisted of Austria-Hungary, Germany the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The underlying cause of World War I consisted of three reasons, Militarism and Alliances as well as Imperialism being the most important.

The First World War began in Europe, but by the end of it, the United States had joined. Once involved, President Woodrow Wilson had a huge effect on drawing new country lines. His decision was influenced by how the war began, as a cry to have states independent from an empire, based on ethnicities to avoid alliances similar to what started this war. This global and total war was the first of its kind, which began in Europe from the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by Gavrillo Princip in Sarajevo. This local conflict quickly grew out of control due to alliances across European countries and aggressive rulers and developed into what is now known as the “July Crisis”. In the four years that this war was ongoing, the United States only participated in the last two and made a major and lasting impact on Europe. The United States, led by President Woodrow Wilson, would be one of the main four countries at the Paris Peace Conference after the war in order to decide on how to change the

The war would only have been fought between the Serbians and the Austrians and the destructive consequences of the battle would most likely have been limited to those two nations; but because of the alliances that bonded many nations, an ordinary war became the first World War. Document 3 displays a graph that shows the main nations involved in the two “sides” of World War I. On one side was the Triple Alliance which included Russia, France, and Great Britain. The Triple Alliance supported the Serbian view of the situation going on; and Russia issued an informal alliance with Serbia, most likely because they were afraid of being targeted as an enemy of extremist-minded Serbia. On the other side of the argument was the Triple Alliance. The Triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungary. All of this came together in a significant climax when Serbian extremists assassinated the Archduke of Austria Hungary, the heir to the Austrian throne. This was the event that officially started a war, and because the countries were united by alliances, it was a war fought by

The assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist is probably the most immediate cause of World War 1. When Ferdinand was assassinated, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, who had an alliance with Russia. When Russia began to mobilize its troops to protect Serbia from Austria-Hungary, Germany, (who was allied with Austria-Hungary) declared war on Russia. In turn, France, allied with Russia, joined the war against Germany. When Germany attacked France through Belgium, it drew Britain, allied with France and Belgium, into the war against Germany. After a while, other countries

On June 28, 1914, a Serbian separatist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, descendant to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Taking place alongside a background of intensifying hostilities in the Balkans, the murder set off a concatenation of actions that would lead to the start of WWI hardly just one month later on July 28, 1914. Even though the war started on July 28, 1914, U.S.A. did not intervene until April 6, 1917.

On June 28th 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Fernidad, the heir of the Austro-Hungarian throne, ignited the “July Crisis” in Europe. Industrialized nations were competing to occupy colonies for resources in order to grow their economies. Hence, creating alliances was essential for these imperialist governments to assure military and economic support. There were two rival blocs of alliances in Europe: The Triple Entente, which consisted of Britain, France, and Russia; and the Triple Alliance, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. In the beginning of these hostilities, U.S. played a neutral role trying to keep stability, solve these problems peacefully, and to trade with all the warring nations. However, this did

The First World War initially called “The Great War” was a European conflict fought between 1914-1918. The war started with the assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie during a public visit to Sarajevo. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian insurgent who detested Austro-Hungarian rule. This assassination plunged the majority of Europe into conflict with one another due to a delicate system of alliances establish years earlier. While there is little doubt that Princip’s actions helped to initiate the conflict, growing tensions among European powers would have undoubtedly lead to war later on.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1896. He was a threat to the Black Hand Terrorist group, a group of radical Serbian nationalists. They pledged “to destabilize the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire in order to incorporate their Serb population into a greater Serbia” (CITE) However the Archduke’s goals were “strengthening the Austro-Hungarian Empire” (CITE) which was contrary to the Serbs' desires. They feared that if he came into power, he would continue to persecute the Serbs, henceforth the decision to assassinate him.

World War I went from a local European war to becoming the first massive war involving nations from around the world. It all started on July 28,1914, when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist. Austria and Hungary declared a war on the Serbians a month later. This war split Europe into two, the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. Germany, Austria/Hungary, and Italy made up the side called the Triple Alliance. Their enemy, the Triple Entente on the other hand was made up of France, Great Britain, and Russia. Soon, the sides were joined by other countries leading to their group name changes. The Triple Alliance turned into the Central Powers, while the Triple Entente turned into the Allied Forces. European countries of Belgium, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Croatia remained neutral. The United States through the first three

The murder of Franz-Ferdinand and Sophie resulted in to a quick chain of actions: Austria-Hungary was not the only around the world that accused the Serbian administration for the violence and expected to use the event as defense for settling the query of Slav chauvinism. As Russia held Serbia, an Austro-Hungarian announcement of war was late until its leaders received guarantees from German leader that they would support their reason in the occurrence of a Russian intercession–that would probably involve Russia’s friend, France, and Britain. Later, Austria-Hungary affirmed battle on Serbia, and the weak peace amongst Europe’s great powers fell. Within several days, Russia, France, Belgium, Serbia, and Great Britain had lined up counter