On June 23, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of Austro-Hungary empire, and his wife, Sophie, visited Sarajevo, Bosnia. According to Jesse Greenspan, the couple received multiple warnings to cancel the trip. They knew the visit would be dangerous, “Our journey starts with an extremely
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World War I or as some call it The Great War, originated between European countries, but eventually nations from all over the world got involved. Although the immediate cause to the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, there were many underlying factors that developed tension over time. This tension was between Europe countries, and it had been building up for decades through Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and even Alliances. One of the underlying causes of the war was
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assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Of Austria-Hungary and his pregnant wife Sophie. Austria-Hungary responded to the assassination by declaring war on Serbia. The assassination is what triggered The Great War but, the assassination wasn't the only cause of the war, there were underlying issues that made the war worse than it should have been. Countries had alliances with each other that meant if one country went to war the aligned country has to go to war too. In 1882, Germany, Austria-hungary and
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have been that the assassination would cause Austria-Hungary to mount a reprisal against serbia, whereupon russia would come to serbias defense,wich eventually happened. The assassination was committed by a nationalistic group called the Black Hand Society who hoped to eliminate the archduke due to the fact that the archduke planned to give concessions to the suth slavs, therefore making a unified ''greater serbia'' more difficult to obtain . Ferdinand and his wife Sofie were riding in his car to
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The assassination on June 28th 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria triggered the “War to end all wars.” Assassinated by a Serbian nationalist, this event was a call for Independence. What the world didn’t know at the time was of a secret alliance between Germany and Austria Hungry. The assassination of the Archduke became a perfect opportunity for Germany to go to war. Serbia asked Russia to help by joining them in the fight against Austria Hungry and Germany. By July 30th, Russia had
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as well as seeking to gain protection through increasing the size of their armies, European countries also sought protection by forming “alliance against common undemocratic enemies” (Suganami, 2012, p. 193). The dual alliance between Germany and Austria-hungary, which became the Triple Alliance or the Central Powers when Italy joined in 1882 led to France, Russia and Great Britain becoming alarmed enough to form their own Triple Entente (Peaple, 2002, p. 49-50). The military plans each country then
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countries were bound to defend them. Before World War 1, the following alliances existed: Russia and Serbia Germany and Austria-Hungary France and Russia Britain and France and Belgium Japan and Britain Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia got involved to defend Serbia. Germany seeing Russia mobilizing, declared war on Russia. France was then drawn in against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany attacked France through Belgium pulling Britain into war. Then Japan entered the war. Later, Italy
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June 28, 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria had been assassinated. Unbeknownst to his killer, this one event would be the cause of monumental battle between nations, later known as “The Great War”. Although the assassination was not that of random circumstance, it was a thought out and planned event. The assassination had been influenced by many outside reasons, those reasons would create an acronym that would be used to explain how this brutal war had begun. The acronym was M.A.I.N which was
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tensions among the countries in Europe, which was arguably one of the main causes of the war. Another large part of why the war started was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was assassinated by a Serbian man, which caused Austria-Hungary to issue an ultimatum to make Serbia pay for the death. When Serbia rejected the ultimatum, Austria declared war. WW1 is also referred to as the Great War. This poses the question, What were the effects of this great war? The war affected citizens of the
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Franz Ferdinand is known as the man whose assassination sparked World War 1, but his story is one of much more than just an assassination. He was born in Graz, Austria on December 18, 1863. He was the oldest son of Archduke Karl-Ludwick and Princess Maria Annunciata. He grew up in the Hapsburg royal family and was 3rd in line for the throne. When he was 12 he began a military career and by the age of 31 he was a major general. When his mother was 28 she died from tuberculosis. Ferdinand would
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