Should Austria-Hungary Invade Serbia
These alliances are what caused the assassination of one man to lead to the First World War. There are other factors, of course, to take into consideration as well; however, it is these alliances that are the root of everything that came to follow. Because of Austria-Hungary’s desire to have legitimate cause to invade Serbia, they purposely set forward an ultimatum that they knew Serbia would reject. The ultimatum that was set forward was directly against the Serbian rights set forward in their Charter of Rights , and yet Serbia agreed to everything except those points that defied their rights, which should have been acceptable, but Austria-Hungary refused to accept. As soon as the ultimatum came forward, recognizing the farce for what it was, Russia set forward a memorandum of advice to Serbia in which Article 2 in which they promised military support should Austria-Hungary invade Serbia . At the same time, Germany and Austria-Hungary were in talks regarding
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support.
While Germany was determined to stay out of any conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, they did say that they would honour their obligations and alliances found in the Triple Alliance should another Great Power get involved in the
conflict . There is a significant amount of evidence to show that at this point both Russia and Germany knew that they were in trouble. Austria-Hungary had no intentions of backing off of Serbia and wanted to invade as soon as possible. Russia was obligated in its agreement to assist (regardless of whether they wanted to or not) and Germany knew that as soon as Russia was involved they had no choice but to step in and defend Austria-Hungary. They knew that this was going to happen, and yet neither of them was willing to step in and try to get Austria-Hungary to back down. Indeed, they were deeply aware that by proceeding in their actions that they were at risk of “involving Europe in the most horrible war she ever witnessed” . On July 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia , and the First World War was set in motion.
support.
While Germany was determined to stay out of any conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, they did say that they would honour their obligations and alliances found in the Triple Alliance should another Great Power get involved in the
conflict . There is a significant amount of evidence to show that at this point both Russia and Germany knew that they were in trouble. Austria-Hungary had no intentions of backing off of Serbia and wanted to invade as soon as possible. Russia was obligated in its agreement to assist (regardless of whether they wanted to or not) and Germany knew that as soon as Russia was involved they had no choice but to step in and defend Austria-Hungary. They knew that this was going to happen, and yet neither of them was willing to step in and try to get Austria-Hungary to back down. Indeed, they were deeply aware that by proceeding in their actions that they were at risk of “involving Europe in the most horrible war she ever witnessed” . On July 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia , and the First World War was set in motion.