How Did Gavrilo's Assassination Cause Ww1

On June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist by the name of Gavrilo Princip. Gavrilo was the third of seven assassins that organized by the secret military society from Serbia known as the black hand. The reason Francis Ferdinand assassination was to keep him from making changes when Gavrilo supposed to inherit the Austria-Hungarian throne. With the assassination of their Archduke, the Austria-Hungary had the excuse to strike Serbia and one of many reasons that sparked the war which Europe was already inflamed by other causes that lead to the Great War. Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliances and militarism were the other reasons that drove Europe into war. For that reasons, all those …show more content…
The British government started to realize Germany plans and for that reason, Britain started to build large battleships known as the dreadnoughts. During that period Germany government believed that the only way to solve problems and come to an agreement among other countries was only by the use of force. With the strong military nations getting what they wanted and feeling superior, the other countries started to fear their power, therefore, a rivalry grew internationally and more European countries started to believe that keeping their armed forces strong was a necessary. Due to the countries belief, the military grew larger and World War I ended up being an era of testing new technologies, such as guns and tanks. The Schlieffen Plan was a battle plan by German tacticians to secure their victory in case they go to war with France and Russia she would be surrounded and force to fight to the front which it would be risky. The total war mobilization of economy and citizens happened to draft in German man from 16-60 years old and also 1,000 of women in that time period was able to get a government job by putting bombs together, which cause a