Austro-Hungary was submerged with internal discontent via nationalistic fervor. On June 28th‚ 1914‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand met at Sarajevo‚ of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ to give a speech to his diverse people on why they could not be granted independence from the Empire. The assassination of the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ his wife‚ and unborn baby in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a member of the Bosnian-Serbian nationalist terrorist organization‚ the Black Hand‚ was interpreted as an
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Bosnia-Herzegovina genocide Genocide‚ the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national‚ racial‚ political‚ or ethnic group. From 1992-1995 that was happening in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina‚ conflict between the three main ethnic groups‚ the Serbs‚ Croats‚ and Muslims‚ resulted in genocide committed by the Serbs against the Muslims in Bosnia. Bosnia is one of several small countries that emerged from the break-up of Yugoslavia‚ a multicultural country
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Croatia‚ Macedonia‚ Bosnia & Herzegovina‚ Serbia and Montenegro all gain independence. The Serbs want to regain Power in Yugoslavia. Bosnia at this time was 43% Muslim‚ 31% Serbian and 17% Croatian.3 April 6‚ 1992‚ Serbs place Bosnian capital‚ Sarajevo under siege and occupy 70% of the country.4 The West do not interfere in the Balkans. April 1993 – UN declares Srebrenica‚ Zeca and Gorazde among 6‚ “Safe areas”.5 Srebrenica was attacked in the summer of 1995‚ UN peacekeepers failed to help
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further improve his skills and techniques on the viola‚ and working toward becoming a respected violist and musicologist. Recent concert engagements include appearances with the Muson Symphony Orchestra under the tutelage and prestigious German cellist Conductor Mr.
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Europeans‚ were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. The immediate trigger for war was the 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary‚ by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. This set off a diplomatic crisis when Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia‚ and international alliances formed over the previous decades were invoked. Within weeks‚ the major powers were at war and the conflict soon spread
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Austria-Hungary allied with Germany. When Archduke Ferdinand announced his trip to Sarajevo‚ Bosnian nationalist along with Serbia plotted to strike Austria-Hungary. They recruited assassins and trained them to kill the Archduke. These assassins were a part of a terrorist group called the Black Hand. The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Sophie‚ were traveling through the Town Hall in Sarajevo. They were placed in the third car of a motorcade. The first attempt at assassination
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Two bullets were fired on Sarajevo Street in June 28th 1914. The two victims were the archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the heir to the throne of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie. Archduke Ferdinand was unpopular because he told the people that once he became Emperor he would make changes and he also married Sophie who was counted as a lower class. They were visiting Sarajevo because Archduke Ferdinand was asked by his father to go make a speech to the Bosnians about how to improve
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Franz Ferdinand‚ as inspector general of the imperial army‚ decided to pay an official visit to Sarajevo despite warnings not to because of the tensions in the area. At the time of his death‚ Ferdinand had been on his way to visit a fellow officer in a hospital who had been wounded by a bomb. Another member of the Black Hand was responsible for throwing the bomb that injured the officer Ferdinand was on his way to see.23 The assassination is often credited as the shot that started World War I since
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Franco-Russian Convention. The major powers of Europe were now divided into two powerful groups. Like Alex Woolf said in his book the Assassination in Sarajevo *"This Alliance system meant if there were a local war between two powers‚ this would set of a chain reaction leading to war involving
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Who is really to blame? 29th June 1914 Left: Franz Ferdinand/ Middle: Nedjelko Cabrinovic/ Right: Gavrilo Princip Yesterday Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sophie were shot by Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on a visit to Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip is believed to be part of the Black Hand Gang‚ a group of terrorists that want Bosnia to become part of Serbia. Cornel Api‚ the head of Serbia’s military is thought to be the person that supplied the gang with
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