World War I And The Great War

On June 28, Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were riding through Sarajevo in an open car when suddenly, a young terrorist by the name of Gavrilo Princip stepped from the curb and took aim at the couple with a pistol. Just like that, the heir to the throne and his wife were

On June 28 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, while riding in an open car, had a grenade thrown at them by . The grenade missed and injured a guard who was behind their car. The guard worked for the archduke, and to pay his respects he visited the hospital the officer was in. They took a wrong turn and the associate of the man who threw the grenade happened to be on the street where they turned. 19 year old Gavrilo Princip, who was dying of tuberculosis, spotted the car and shot the archduke and his wife killing them both. The assassination was completed and a point had been made.

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

The assassination of Austria-Hungarian’s Archuduke Franz Ferdinand is one of the biggest events leading up to World War 1, and arguably the event that started the war. He was a somewhat unpopular public figure, due to his controversial suggestions in terms of Austria-Hungary’s governing. Despite this, and the likelihood of him being targeted, he still accepted his invitation to Bosnia, an Austrian province, taking his wife Sophia to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir of the throne of Austria-Hungary; he hoped that his sympathy for the Slavs would ease the tension between Austria-Hungary and the Balkans.

He was Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary. He was a tough, cold man with little sympathy for nationalists like the Serbs of Bosnia-Herzegovina who wished to leave his uncle’s empire. In the summer of 1914, Franz Ferdinand, accompanied by his wife Sophie, paid a state visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. This was a brave but dangerous gesture. Fully part of the Austrian Empire for only six years, the region was a hotbed of nationalist terrorists. The royal family had firsthand experience of terrorism, too the Austrian emperor Franz Josif’s wife, Elizabeth, had been assassinated in Geneva in 1898.Franz Ferdinand and Sophie arrived in Sarajevo by train and were taken by car toward the town hall. Shortly after 10 A.M. that morning, as they were passing beside the river, a terrorist threw a bomb at the royal couple’s car. Quickly, the archduke pushed is aside. It went off under the following car, causing serious injuries. Having apparently failed in their assassination attempt, the Black Hand Gang scattered. After the meeting in town hall the archduke went to the hospital to check on the injured people from the explosion, but his driver took a wrong turn. The archduke’s car stopped and began to reverse out of the side street. Hardly able to believe his good luck, Princip (the shooter) stepped forward and shot the archduke and his wife. They were rushed to the hospital, but sadly it was too

Franz Ferdinand had two very different sides to his personality. In the public eye, he was a short-tempered Archduke. In the private eye, however, he was a devoted family man. Franz Ferdinand married Sophie Chotek in 1900 despite the fact that his uncle, Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, opposed it. They later went on to have three children. Franz Ferdinand was regarded as a happy husband and a devoted father in his private life, which was a side of him that was not shown in the public eye. Consequently, Gavrilo Princip only saw Ferdinand as an unhinged leader of Austria-Hungary, and was partly motivated by this to take his life.

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.

So let's talk about Franz Ferdinand, and what sparked the war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was a high ranking military and religious figure in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, when he was assassinated whilst visiting a province of The Empire by Gavrilo Princip, who killed both Franz and his wife Sophie. Gavrilo was sent by a group called the black hand, a Serbian hit group.

Franz Ferdinand was traveling to Sarajevo in June 1914 to inspect the imperial armed forces in Bonzia and Herzgovina. As they were cruising through the town in an open car, Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Cabrinovic threw a bomb at their vehicle. The bomb rolled off of the back their vehicle and injured a few officers and a few civilian. The car sped off and quickly made it to a safe place. Later in the day, Duke Franz Ferdinand went to visit the people injured. As they turned down the street not expecting anything, BANG, the royalty had been shot.

To this day, this event is what is known for causing the start of the Great War. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated along with his wife on June 28, 1914. Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) was born in Graz, Austria on December 18, 1863. He was the eldest son of Archduke Karl-Ludwig; Franz Ferdinand was third in line to the thrown of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. After his cousin Prince Rudolf committed suicide in 1889 and his father passes away in 1896, Franz Ferdinand became the heir of his uncle Emperor Franz Joseph. He began his military career at age twelve and was became a major general at age 31.

Franz Ferdinand (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1896 until his death, causing ww1. Franz was assassinated by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princip. The day Franz was assassinated it was Sophie’s and his wedding anniversary (Sophie his wife). Franz wasn’t respected in Austria Hungarian places and the Black Hand hated him. They had to assassinate him. On his trip to Serbia hell broke loose. Franz entered the army at a young age given the rank of lieutenant at age fourteen, captain at twenty-two, colonel at twenty-seven, and major general at thirty-one.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Germany's Kaiser William II had set a goal for his nation to become a world power, but only if some events had occurred which would give them a chance to show their full potential. On June 28, 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death by a Serbian nationalist who used this act to declare Slav nationalism. Shortly after, Kaiser William II of Germany gave Austria-Hungary consent to declare war on Serbia and promised to support them if Serbia's ally, Russia, interfered. The Kaiser had been seeking an opportunity to ignite a war that would help him achieve his goal of becoming a world power, and the sudden assassination of the Archduke gave him a chance to make decisions