Franz Ferdinand Assassination

World war 1 was one of the worst wars throughout history. Most people say that the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the main cause of the war, but there were several other factors leading to the war. Nationalism, militarism, imperialism was building up between nations in Europe until the assassination where all of the nations started to take sides. The two sides were called the Central Powers and the Allies. The central powers that were Germany, Austria Hungary, and other nations took Austria

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.      Under the rule at the time of the assassination, the old Austrio-Hungarian

Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Princip was motivated by his hatred of the Archduke and his political views. However, he did not know that his actions would spark a conflict that would quickly become one of the bloodiest wars in human history. However, Franz Ferdinand was not perfect, as he had opposed Serbia’s wishes of independence from Austria as well as called Serbs and Hungarians “pigs”, “thieves” as well as many other degrading names. Despite the fact that he dehumanized Serbs and Hungarians, Franz Ferdinand’s

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the most significant events in the domino-like sequence that triggered the start of the Great War. With tensions growing tighter between Serbia and Austria-Hungary, any malicious action from one country could provoke the other to declare war, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand incentivized Austria-Hungary to do just that. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia exactly one month after the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was

World War 1 began in 1914 and lasted till 1918. What sparked this war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This was between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, who was the Central Powers and Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States, who was the Allied Powers. On the Western side on August 4th, 1914, German went into Belgium. This was the first battle on World War 1, the Germans used their most powerful weapons to capture the

crime. Archduke Franz and his wife Duchess Sophie were driving through Sarajevo and expected to arrive peacefully, but Gavrilo Princip had an assassination in mind for the family. The assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand was the most significant assassination of the twentieth century. The series of unfortunate events, the lives of the killer and the killed, the coincidence and the troubles that ensued because of this event were key to the beginning of World War I. Franz Ferdinand was traveling

Princip responsible for the death of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Chotek Von Chotvoka during a deadly assassination on June 28, 1914. Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, age 51 was married to Sophie Chotek Von Chotvoka and had three children, Sophia, Maximilian and Ernst. Ferdinand was heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was however very unpopular because he has made it clear that once he became emperor of Austro-Hungarian he would make changes. Ferdinand decided to visit Sarajevo, capital of

In the dawn of the twentieth century, while political turmoil spurred tension amongst European nations, a single bullet incited one of the bloodiest, most gruesome wars to ever happen in human history. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the Austrian Archduke, by the hands of a Bosnian Serb propelled a conflict of gigantic proportions, pitting country against country and dividing the continent into two rival factions. However, the mayhem that ensued was for nothing. It is evident that the war was

imperalism, and nationalism. Among those causes, the world war I break out also had a lot to do with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. Archduke’s death quickly set off a chain of reaction of events culminating in the the outbreak of world war I. As you read this essay you will learn about the start of world war I and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Militarism means that the army and the military forces are given a high profile by the government. the

Causes of WW1 Diego Serrano Period 4 12/6/17 There are many causes of world war one. Everybody was involved.The war started on july 28,1914 and ended on november 11,1918. One of the causes was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The two countries that started it was Germany and Austria hungary. The location of ww1 was Europe,Africa,Middle east, Pacific Islands,china, India Oceans. And south and north america. WW1 affected everybody in many different ways. WW1 affected russia because