Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

countries involved, the first few that joined the Western Front included Serbia, Russia, France, Belgium and the British Empire all of which fought against the Ottoman Empire, Germany and Austria-Hungary. One of the main causes of the First World War was due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie on June 28th 1914. He was killed by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian member of the Black Hand. 5533 ANZAC casualties happened 27 hours after the first invasion of the…

brink in Europe but the assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 the heir to the Austria-Hungarian would be the leading cause of World War One. Austria-Hungary would declare war on Serbia after this you would see other countries that were allies and friends of these countries and see them support their allies. After Austria-Hungarian would declare war on Serbia you would see Russia defend Serbia. Germany seeing Russia helping…

World War I World War I started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on June 28, 1914, the successor to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His assassination led to a series of events and by July 28, 1914, Austria declared war on Serbia with German support. China’s reaction drew all European powers into the war. The war, to many people, came out of the nothing at a time when everything seemed to be peaceful and prosperous for Europeans. World War I was an event that changed the world…

Document I highlights the assassination of Austria’s archduke as the main instigation for war. This is done by portraying Sarajevo as a match that would set fire to a pile of logs. In turn, the logs are a symbol of the less immediate causes of war such as alliances, imperialism and militarism.…

Document 3: War. A subject matter that isn’t that hard to understand, for example the definition according to google is, “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.” This definition isn’t really that meaningful because it doesn’t say anything about how wars are started, how it affects society, economics, culture, and many other things. Although google gives a very broad definition of war,…

War I, the first global conflict which included many great powers such as Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Liberia, Russia, United States to name a few. The start of the world war began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife; the group responsible for the assassinations was a Serbian nationalist secret society known as the Black Hand, that same day Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia the conflict rose inflicting more…

Similarly to how Frederick II’s invasion spurred the formation of alliances, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria triggered a vast network of defense alliances. Countries had no idea that other countries had made secret alliances with other countries that would take effect if one got attacked. Therefore, when one country attacked another…

lasted from 1914 to 1918 and is said to have killed over seventeen million individuals (Wikipedia 1). The greatest, most known cause of the First World War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg on June 28, 1914 (Levinson 158). Following these murders, the empire of Austria-Hungary declared war on the kingdom of Serbia. Of course, there were indeed several other key government and political issues that aided in the inclination for…

Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and lasted four years, ending in 1918, tension had been stirring long before throughout Europe; specifically, in the southeast Balkan region known as the “powder keg.” European powers such as the Ottoman Empire, the Russians and other parties had a number of alliances that were threatened by political instability. The murder of the heir to the Austro Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by a…

Europe had constant tensions between so many of it’s countries. These tensions between countries in Europe were just waiting to explode. All they needed was one event to trigger the war to start. This event was when archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Even though the assassination started the war, the reasons the war was inevitable because of the militarism, nationalism, and the alliances within the European countries. Militarism was very strong in Europe at this time. German children…