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2 days ago · Bosnia was annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908, a move that angered many Serbs who sought to create a unified South Slavic state. The Assassination Plot. The Black Hand, a secret society of Serbian nationalists, planned the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand during his visit to Sarajevo.
5 days ago · Download stock image of “Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Sarajevo, 1914. Known as "the shot heard around the world", the assassination provoked the outbreak of the First World War.” from the Look and Learn History Picture Archive
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- Clive Uptton, English (1911-2006)
How did Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination start World War I? Austria-Hungary wanted to conquer Serbia. The assassination gave them a Casus Belli (cause for war). Austria sends a long list of demands so outrageous Serbia has no choice but to refuse. This leads to the July crisis during which the Serbian government is trying to negotiate ...
2 days ago · The first World War started with the assassination 110 years ago of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, yet the Eastern Front is little known or understood in the West. For understandable...
5 days ago · This essay about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand explores the intricate web of factors that led to this pivotal event, ultimately sparking World War I. It examines the backdrop of rising nationalism in the Balkans, Ferdinand’s role as a symbol of imperial dominance, and the broader geopolitical tensions of early 20th-century Europe.
5 days ago · This essay is about the event that triggered World War I: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, killed the archduke and his wife in Sarajevo.
3 days ago · L’Album de la Guerre begins with the double killing that triggers the chain of events that leads to world war just over a month later: the Sarajevo assassination on June 28, 1914, of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by 19-year-old Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip. Ferdinand is the nephew and heir of Franz Joseph, Emperor of ...
