World War 1 was definitely terrifying, horrific gruesome world war. Believed by many historians that WW1 began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife in Sarajevo 28th of June, 1914. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was the breaking point of Austria-Hungary, declaring war on Serbia. Consequently, this moment in history sparked a domino effect which forced the world’s leading countries to be involved in World War One. Motivated, Gavrilo Princip successfully assassinated the Austro-Hungary king consequently affecting the relationship between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Realising the rising tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, the other major countries responded
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Wanting to destroy the Austro-Hungarian rule in the Balkans and to unite the South into a federal, he believed that the first step must be the assassination of the Habsburg imperial family or a high official (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998). Unexpectedly, the incoming arrival of a secret society called The Black Hand which did sabotage, espionage, arranging political murders and held all work of anti-Austrian propaganda within Serbia (Shackelford, n.d.) Princip was accepted into the secret society. helping him to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Both secondary sources prove that Gavrilo Princip wanted to kill the Austro-Hungarian royal family and The Black Hand had clearly been involved with the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian king. Therefore, motivated to kill the Austro-Hungarian king, Gavrilo managed to successfully assassinate Franz Ferdinand, ultimately starting World War …show more content…
The pre-existing tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia had definitely helped the outbreak of World War 1. As stated in SERBIA BEFORE WORLD WAR I, King Peter moved to realign Serbia’s foreign policy, steering his country away from Austrian control and brokering good relations and trade deals with France, Russia and Bulgaria. Angering the Austrian ministers, they banned future purchases of Serbian pork calling it the “Pig War”. After the “Pig War”, Serbian nationalism and pan-Slavism intensified which antagonised the Austrian-Hungary leaders (Llewellyn, 2017). As stated in the article called SERBIA BEFORE WORLD WAR I, “In October 1908 Vienna announcing the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”, this Outraged, the Serbia government mobilised its military in response to the annexation but was later backed down after failing to secure Russia’s support. After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the assassination, Serbia received an ultimatum. As told in Source 6, “On Friday last the Serbian Government received an Austrian note … the Serbian government declined to agree to the full conditions laid down by Austrian government. War has, therefore been declared and both nations are under a state of martial law.” This primary historical source discusses
Wanting to destroy the Austro-Hungarian rule in the Balkans and to unite the South into a federal, he believed that the first step must be the assassination of the Habsburg imperial family or a high official (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998). Unexpectedly, the incoming arrival of a secret society called The Black Hand which did sabotage, espionage, arranging political murders and held all work of anti-Austrian propaganda within Serbia (Shackelford, n.d.) Princip was accepted into the secret society. helping him to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Both secondary sources prove that Gavrilo Princip wanted to kill the Austro-Hungarian royal family and The Black Hand had clearly been involved with the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian king. Therefore, motivated to kill the Austro-Hungarian king, Gavrilo managed to successfully assassinate Franz Ferdinand, ultimately starting World War …show more content…
The pre-existing tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia had definitely helped the outbreak of World War 1. As stated in SERBIA BEFORE WORLD WAR I, King Peter moved to realign Serbia’s foreign policy, steering his country away from Austrian control and brokering good relations and trade deals with France, Russia and Bulgaria. Angering the Austrian ministers, they banned future purchases of Serbian pork calling it the “Pig War”. After the “Pig War”, Serbian nationalism and pan-Slavism intensified which antagonised the Austrian-Hungary leaders (Llewellyn, 2017). As stated in the article called SERBIA BEFORE WORLD WAR I, “In October 1908 Vienna announcing the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”, this Outraged, the Serbia government mobilised its military in response to the annexation but was later backed down after failing to secure Russia’s support. After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the assassination, Serbia received an ultimatum. As told in Source 6, “On Friday last the Serbian Government received an Austrian note … the Serbian government declined to agree to the full conditions laid down by Austrian government. War has, therefore been declared and both nations are under a state of martial law.” This primary historical source discusses