Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

5. There are many events that led up to World War I, but the most significant one was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife in 1914. After the assassination, the word spread and Serbia was in deep waters with Austria-Hungary since the assassins were of Serbian descent. Austria-Hungary took awhile to respond to the assassination, but eventually “on July 28, they declared war on Serbia, even though the army would not be ready to attack until mid-August” (836). The Triple Entente

oversimplified to the Prelude to the Second World War or as an inevitable conflict. Officially, under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany bears all culpability for the war(“Treaty of Versailles”). History Textbooks often say it was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and expand little on that. I wanted to find the more nuanced truth. The cause of World War One was the result of complex tension between European nations and their equally complex systems of alliances with the blame for the war resting

war at all. There are no definite reasons as to why World War I started and historians still argue as to why it began, but some of the possible reasons World War I arose include militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. On June 28,

occupied and ultimately annexed by Austria-Hungary. The occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was permitted by the Treaty of Berlin in July of 1878. Austria-Hungary formally annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in October of 1908. This annexation angered the Serbian people. The Serbian people responded to this annexation by forming a secret society known as The Black Hand. The sole purpose of this group was to recruit and prepare men for a possible war with Austria-Hungary. The Black Hand also sparked

nationalistic tendencies, the alliance system, paranoia, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. World War I was primarily sparked through the assassination, with underlying tones of nationalism, alliances, and paranoia fueling the fire. 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

were designed to help defend their countries if they were invaded. The pacts were known as the Treaty Alliance System. The main pacts that were present before World War One were; Russia and Serbia, Japan and Britain, France and Russia, Germany and Austria Hungary, and Britain, France and Belgium. The US was neutral until the German navy attacked our civilian ships. So if anyone of the countries was attacked it would set off a chain reaction leading to total war. That is exactly what happened. Another

Archduke Franz Joseph Ferdinand 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

“great war” was directly caused by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. What you may not know is that the root causes to World War one were Nationalism, Militarism, and Alliances. Not only do they have a huge role in starting the war, but also making sure the war was finished. Nationalist was a root cause to World War 1. Nationalism played a role in the direct cause of WW1. A group of six assassins had enough nationalism to kill the archduke and start one of the biggest war in world

New imperialism is often described as the quick increase and take-over of land that European powers had during the 19th century. New imperialism was a movement that erupted very suddenly. Many of the European powers were actually opposed to the idea of taking over new territories. Of course, as time progressed, all of that changed. Sense there was a creation of new nations; these nations need resources to be able to establish themselves. Italy and Germany were the two new nations that used imperialism

The Great War : Europe’s Breaking Point An assassination that threw an entire continent into war, a brutal bloodshed that stretched over four year, and ten million lives lost. The morale of entire countries beaten into a tired submission. This is was what WWI left for Europe at it’s close in 1918. And these are the most popular details of this war. And although WWII is often spoke of more often and televised more than it’s predecessor, it’s importance and relevance does not waver. If it were not