Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

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    World War One—From Beginning to End It is the year of 1914 and the archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Multiple accounts of threatening orders succeed after this incident leading up to the breakout of World War I—in which the lands of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) were pitted against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers). Austria-Hungary 's expectation was that Serbia would reject the remarkably

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    War I? Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, after his brother and father's death, he inherited the throne. After he became the heir he saw that the empire was slowly starting to collapse. The Austrian- Hungarian rule in Serbia and bordering countries made Serbian nationalists angry. To be free a state one of the Black Hand (a Serbian terrorist group) members decided to kill the Archduke (Black Hand Secret Serbian Society). The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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    War I. Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated on June 28 of 1914 by a Serbian nationalist group that was called “Unity or Death”, more commonly known as the Black Hand, due to the symbol they used. Some Serbians were unhappy with the Austrian Empire because of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria-Hungary which the Serbs had fought for, and they didn’t like that. Even though Archduke Franz Ferdinand wasn’t the Emperor of Austria-Hungary

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    assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand occurred when he was heir to the throne of Austria – Hungary this was caused by a group of Serbian men called the black hand. It is to a significant extent that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination set in motion a chain of events that lead to the First World War. This occurred because of the assassination, countries having alliances and imperialism. ASSASSINATION It is to a large extent that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to the first

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    the 20th century. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, assassinations shook a fragile European peace down to its roots. While Franz Ferdinand was not the emperor of the Habsburg Empire at the time of his death, Serbian nationalist extremist group, the Black Hand, planned, and executed, their assassination in hopes that his death would start a war that would free what was then Bosnia from Austrian rule. While the decision to target Franz Ferdinand was relatively arbitrary

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    of June, 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated on a diplomatic visit to Sarajevo. It is to a moderate extent that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the main cause of World War One as his murder was its catalyst. However, without alliances the July Crisis wouldn’t have happened, and without militarism, we wouldn’t have gone to war. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the main cause of World War One to a moderately significant

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    power of Austria-Hungary. Serbia also wanted the country of Bosnia under their rule due to the great population of Serbians living in Bosnia at the time. For this reason, Austria-Hungary disliked Serbia (Clare, 2002/2014). During this same time period, many other European countries wanted more land and began forming alliances. Serbia had allied with Russia, while Austria-Hungary was formed in alliance with Germany (Nelson, 2015). Despite all the conflict over land and the tension

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    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

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    The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand was a turning point in European history. This is because it was one of the main events that eventually led to the start of World War I. Franz Ferdinand was the Austrian archduke of Austria whose assassination in 1914 is generally considered to have begun World War I. He lived most of his life as a wealthy nobleman before becoming involved in the politics of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, eventually cause the disfavor of the Serbian nationalists who killed him.

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    On the 28th of July 1914, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the war was then determined the First World War. There were 4 other long-term causes of the First World War, those causes were militarism, imperialism, nationalism and the alliance system. Here is why militarism was a long-term cause of the First World War. Militarism is where a nation should build and maintain a strong military and use it whenever that nation felt like it. Militarism

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