Gavrilo Princip's Assassination In Sarajevo
On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student, shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo. Princip was a member of Young Bosnia, a group whose aims included the unification of the South Slavs and independence from Austria-Hungary. Immediately after investigation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, a series of diplomatic maneuvering led to an ultimatum from Austria-Hungary to the Kingdom of Serbia. The assassination in Sarajevo sets into motion a series of fast-moving events that eventually escalated into full-scale war. Austria-Hungary demanded action by Serbia to punish those responsible and, when Austria-Hungary
deemed Serbia had not complied, declared war. Major European powers were at war within weeks because of overlapping agreements for collective defense and the complex nature of international alliances. After aware of the threat from Russian, the authorisation in 1914 that Wilhelm II gave Austria before the First War World to do they do think fit and guaranteed that the German Reich will be on their side regardless of what Austria does. The “blank check” is an infamous episode in the history of the First World War. A promise by Germany of unconditional support for whatever action Austria-Hungary might take to punish Serbia. It is considered to be the main reason why WW1 could occur.
deemed Serbia had not complied, declared war. Major European powers were at war within weeks because of overlapping agreements for collective defense and the complex nature of international alliances. After aware of the threat from Russian, the authorisation in 1914 that Wilhelm II gave Austria before the First War World to do they do think fit and guaranteed that the German Reich will be on their side regardless of what Austria does. The “blank check” is an infamous episode in the history of the First World War. A promise by Germany of unconditional support for whatever action Austria-Hungary might take to punish Serbia. It is considered to be the main reason why WW1 could occur.