Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

wars in history, we see a common trend that references the crisis of 1914 as the reason for the outbreak of war. When we look at the chain of events that led up to the war, aka the July Crisis, we see that it starts with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian national Gavrilo Princip, followed by the rapid war movements demonstrated by the Austrian-Hungarian government towards Serbia. It was at this point that war seemed inevitable. The Crisis of 1914, the assassination and…

World War I caused 8 to 9 million soldiers to die in Europe. It caused Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary empires to fall. 5 million civilians also lost their life due to famine, disease, and the uncontrolled manner of fighting. The war is largely considered to be caused, or more accurately “sparked”. by the actions of Gavrilo Princip took on Sunday, 28 June 1914, at approximately 10:45 am. Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian. The killer…

had formed to two major alliances the triple entente, England, Russia and France, and the triple alliance, Germany Austria-Hungary (A-H) and Italy. This meant that Europe in 1914 was basically divided in to two sides that hated it each other so one thing could trigger the war because they had to help each other due to agreements and treaties. This meant when archduke Franz Ferdinand of A-H was assassinated by Serbian nationalists Germany backed A-H and Russia decided to…

grab by the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary on October 6, 1908, in which they announced the annexation of the neighboring countries if Bosnia & Herzegovina. Unfortunately, the country of Serbia had also wanted to annex the two countries and an enraged group of Serbian nationalists set out to assassinate the Austro-Hungarian Archduke, the heir to the throne. On June 28, 1914, a member of the Young Bosnians movement, Gavrilo Princip, shot both Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Chotek,…

The author of the source, Gary Sheffield, believes that Germany was completely aware that, with their actions and decisions, they would be creating a major war. Sheffield uses case studies such as Germany’s alliance with Austria and the fact that Germany broke a French-Russian alliance to support his view. As well as this, Sheffield states that WWI was utterly and completely Germany’s fault as he states that Britain, Russia and France’s stance in the war was completely defensive, and so, they…

partners”. This was from German foreign policy that affected their signing of the Treaty of London. This basically influenced the start of World War One, this is why later in time they, along with Austria-Hungary were, in conclusion, blamed for the was as a…

lasts longer. For example looking at World War 1 the United State remained intact after the war but Austria-Hungary collapsed and split in two countries. Germany suffered a big blow and took a while to recuperate. However in the Lord of the Flies the boys had a weak government and therefore it lead to Ralph being hunted…

Nationalism also had an immense effect on the war. Nationalism caused the spark that began the war, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Nationalism caused this because it was a Serbian nationalist group the committed the assassination. Serbia dislike Austria-Hungary, as well as Russia, because both countries were attempting to dominate the Balkans. The Balkans are a region in southeastern Europe. Within the Balkans…

The feeling of knowing you stood up for something bigger than yourself, knowing your impact will not only have a positive effect on your life, but the many that come after you, and that you are bringing a group of your peers, and comrades together is a symbol and stand for something so large it would take an army to conquer, the idea of nationalism. The oneness we feel for our country when our American troops are defending our freedom against the many enemies who are attempting to invade our…

young man, part of the Black Hand a radical group who didn’t want Austria Hungary too take over, named Gavrilo Pincip killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The reason he did this was because Austria Hungary was trying to take over Bosnia. This sparked the already heated nation of Europe. World war one is often referred to as a keg filled with gun powder just one small spark could set it off. The assassination of Austria Hungary’s Archduke was the spark. But what about the gun powder, the gun…