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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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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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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Shelby Rosen MUS 265 Spring 2012 Concert Report Two concerts I attended this semester were Steve Aoki and Datsik and “The Brown Bag Series.” Although two completely different music styles‚ they were both fun to attend and interesting to think about when considering their musical elements. Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician‚ record producer and founder of Dim Mak Record. Datsik is a Dubstep DJ and music producer from British Columbia‚ Canada. “The Brown Bag Series” was an instrumental
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There is way too much money spent on the Olympics Games. The large amount of money that was used for the Olympics could go to better causes‚ the facilities may not be used after the Olympics and the large amount of money spent on the Olympics Games has ruined the original purpose of the Games. Instead of wasting a large amount of money on the Olympics‚ we could be saving lives around the world. The money spent on the Olympics Games could be used for better causes such as “GlobalGiving” to provide
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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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war in 1914? On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb student. The assassination sparked little initial concern in Europe. The Archduke himself was not terribly popular‚ least of all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While there were riots in Sarajevo following the Archduke’s death these were largely aimed at the Serbian minority. Though this assassination has been linked as the direct
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qualities of classical music. Esperanza Spalding is widely known as an African American jazz bassist. She was born October 18‚ 1984. Spalding has excelled as a composer‚ concertmaster‚ bandleader‚ vocalist‚ bassist‚ double bassist‚ violinist‚ cellist‚
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