but a mere trigger of a domino effect. The assassination immediately led to Imperialism of Austria-Hungary over Serbia. It was demanded that Serbia allow the assassins to be released to be punished adequately by Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary immediately sought an ally with Germany‚ assuming war would follow after their demands of Serbia. Austria-Hungary and Germany declared war on Serbia on July 28‚ 1914. The declarations of war were chain reactions in themselves. In defense because of war looking
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World War I (1914-1918) involved more countries and caused greater destruction than any other war up to its time. An assassin’s bullets set off the war. A system of military alliances (agreements) plunged the main European powers into the fight. The war lasted four years. It took the lives of about 9 million troops and more than 6 million civilians. World War I was originally called the Great War. Picture Weapons of World War I Several developments led to the awful bloodshed of the Great
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country of the region with the EU. 2. WESTERN BALKANS IN GENERAL Western Balkans is a region in Europe which includes Albania and states of Former Yugoslavia without Slovenia. Those countries are Croatia‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ Montenegro‚ Serbia‚ Kosovo (as defined as UNMIK 1244)‚ Republic of Macedonia and Albania. The surface of this region is approximately 265.000 square kilometers and total population within is 24 million inhabitants. Historical background of those states is that all
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between Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. In oppose to them was the Triple Entente who were Great Britain‚ Russia and France. Russia was at close ties with Serbia due to Common Slavic heritage. France‚ Great Britain‚ and Germany all agreed to the assistance of Belgium if it was invaded by foreign powers. Austria-Hungary was at war with Serbia‚ Russia soon came to
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groups‚ allow Hungarians officials in Serbia to watch over political actions‚ and etc. The Serbian government took note of these request but could not accept the rules of this offer. Then on July 28th 1914 exactly one month after the murder of Franz Ferdinand the Austrian empire declares war upon the Serbian Army. As the Austrian empire declared war upon the Serbians‚ Russia then joins the battle. The Russians had made a deal with Serbia that if Germany attacks Serbia that the Russians will provide support
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and Russia. The Ottoman Empire that was referred to as “The Sick Man of Europe” also played a role. Both the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires were in decline‚ which had effects on the positions of their friends and enemies‚ such as Serbia and Germany. Why was imperialism so important in Europe at this time? “The idea behind it was mainly to get control of new markets and new sources of raw materials.” A colony had to be protected from other competitive empires‚ which could
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crisis. The annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina happened because the Austro-Hungarian government felt threatened. The Treaty of Berlin in 1878 allowed Austria-Hungary to occupy and run Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina both bordered Serbia‚ therefore‚ a big part of the population were Serbs. This is why the Serbian government hoped to ‘win’ Bosnia and Herzegovina. It would mean they would have more land as well as more nationalists. Events happening in the Turkish Empire made the government
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Prior to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ and the beginning of World War I‚ Russia had struggled as a nation. Following the embarrassing loss of the Russo-Japanese war in 1905‚ and the losses by their ally‚ Serbia‚ in both the Balkan Wars and the crisis in Bosnia‚ Russia could not handle another loss. Shortly after their defeat by Japan‚ Tsar Nicholas II was forced to reform due to a failed revolution. Although the revolution was technically a failure‚ the advancements made
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Schwartz‚ (n.d.)‚ #1) The Bosnian Genocide had many causes that led up to it starting in 1992 when Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia. The Bosnian Genocide occurred because of Serbian leader‚ Slobodan Milosevic‚ the province of Serbia did not want the nation of Yugoslavia to break apart‚ and there were also religious tensions between the nations. Serbian leader‚ Slobodan Milosevic was a long time Communist and believed in radical Serbian nationalism‚ or the belief of one race being
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Ferdinand of Austria. Austria had no problem punishing Serbia for this assassination. The Kaiser believed that he could do as he wished. He gave Austria the "go ahead" to punishing Serbia. After Austria drafted out their requirements‚ which they knew couldn’t be met‚ they would go to war. The Kaiser issued a "blank check" stating that he would back up Austria with any of their actions. He did not know what Austria would do to punish Serbia. Stoessinger stated‚ "On July 5 [the Kaiser] took the
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