Causes of World War One and the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand

Who were the blavk hand gang

A terrorist group with close links to the Serbian army

Why was Britain, Austria Hungary and Russia guilty of starting the war

Alliances-brought other people into war and made countries want to go to war more Colonies-all had empires could've offered colonies to prevent war and were very powerful

How did nationalism cause ww1

An extreme loyalty to ones nation caused people to think their country was better and that their country was so good it could rule the world and take over other countries Created competition between the powers

How did militarism cause ww1

Arms race and naval race between Germany and Britain Lead countries to believe war was coming and raised tensions more

Why was it not all of their fsult

Austria Hungary acted unnecessarily-archdukes death impacted nothing, could've refused the blank check Russia-started mobilising before anyone else which threatened Germany Britain-only brought into it through alliances

How did alliances start ww1

If one country tried to attack another others would be brought into it and turn it into a war Countries were more likely to declare war if they were part of an alliance as they had countries to back them up and help them fight

What were the long term causes of ww1

MAIN Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism

What were the short term causes

ManiA Assassination of the archduke

How did Imperialism cause ww1

Many countries were desperate to build up and start an empire. By going to war you had an opportunity to defeat countries and thus add them to your empire which made the idea more appealing

How did this lead to ww1 in the short term

Tensions were already high among Europe powers Austria Hungary gained support from Germany to take action on a more agressive scale against Serbia It then sent Serbia an ultimatum worded as such to make acceptance unlikely Austria Hungary declared war a month after the assassination

What happened on the day of 28th of June in Sarajevo

That morning the archduke sent a telegram to his oldest son congratulating him on his latest exam results He and Sophie then boarded a train to go into Sarajevo After a brief troop inspection the couple got in an opened top car for a motorcade ride to city hall The car in front should've had six especially trained officers but instead had one and three local policeman Meanwhile 7 young Bosnian-serbs had spread out along the Appel quay that was parallel to the miljacka river The route had the car has been published in advance When the motorcade passed by Cabrinovic asked which car carried the archduke, he then threw his bomb at the car however it bounced off the folded roof and rolled underneath the wrong vehicle. The explosion wounded two army officers and several bystanders. He then made an attempt to kill himself by jumping into the river which was mostly dry, so them was dragged out by police. The other two Bosnian Serbs near Cabrinovic lost their nerve to attempt the assassination Ferdinand decided to still attend the planned event at the city hall After he wanted to visit the wounded officers in the hospital However the driver took a wrong turn and when reversing ended up in front of princip who fired two shots at the archduke at point blank range hitting him in the neck and Sophie in the abdomen ''Sophie, sophie don't die, stay alive for our children' the archduke said Both passed away within minutes Princip then took the cyanide pills however they were old and only made him throw up and he was taken away by police

What happend in prior to the archduke of franz ferdinand

The archduke was the inspector general of the army in franz josef, hehad agreed to attend a series of military exercises in bosnia-herzegovina When they learned of the visit some young bosnians began plotting the assassination In may Gavrilo Princip, Trifko Grabez and Nedeljko Cabrininovic traveled to Belgrade and got six handheld bombs, four semi automatic pistols and cysnide suicide capsules from the black hand gang They then practiced with their pistols in a Belgrade park and went back to Bosnia Herzegovina getting help from the black hand gang to smuggle the, across the border