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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leading to war on a global scale. Within this political firestorm‚ Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Nationalism grew at an astounding rate. European countries came to feel that expanding their territory was vital to winning the war. In addition to the desire for more territory‚ countries used their military might to foster a new sense of Nationalism. World War One ended on November 11‚ 1918. The initial event that sparked this global war was the assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Archduke Ferdinand
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DIARY ENTRY: ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND Dear Mr.Obama‚ I am a member of “ Black hand ”‚ and my name is Gavrilo Princip . I joined the “Blank hand” While in Serbia . In 1914‚ I had a mission with other 6 men to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand ‚ the heir to the AustroHungarian throne‚ during his visit to Sarajevo on 28 June. The reason is we wanted to break away from AustriaHungary and join Serbia‚ and the goal of “Black hand” is tried to help make it happen
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assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Franz was most likely the very start to the first World War. The Archduke himself: nephew of Emperor Franz Josef‚ was heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Born in Graz‚ Austria on December 18‚1863. Oldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig( younger brother of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Jospeh) Married to Countess Sophia Chotek( she was of the empire that the Austro-Hungarians did not appreciate very well). The Actual Event of the Assassination: Archduke and his wife
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The First Attempt on Archduke Franz Ferdinand the 2nds Life When Franz Ferdinand got on the Black Hand’s radar‚ they decided to have him killed. Nedjelko Cabrinovic was the first member to give it a try. Nedjelko was an often-sickly man‚ who changed sides often (at times he was a socialist‚ at others an anarchist‚ and even a nationalist). He was recruited by the Black Hand around 1912‚ shortly after being expelled from Sarajevo for a period of five years. He trained for 2 years with
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final spark that led to the Great War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ presumed heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ and his wife Sophia on July 28‚ 1914. No other murder in history has triggered a chain of events of such scale – a world war‚ the collapse of imperialism‚ and socialist revolution. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand ultimately led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia on July 28‚ 1914. But the move to war was more than just anger and retaliation
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The thought of World War 1 began with the ambitions of the Balkans in 1870. The Balkan states (Serbia‚ Romania‚ and Bulgaria) were controlled under the Ottoman Empire. A movement started in 1878 including Russia and the three Balkan States. They wanted to gain their independance and also reunite the Balkan Slav countries back under one rule. Russia agreed to help the balkan states for two reasons. One‚ they wanted to support and free the slavs from the Ottoman Empire and two‚ if they helped the Balkan
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‘The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the most important cause in the outbreak of WW1. How far do you agree?’ There were many causes of the First World War. In this essay I am trying to see how much impact the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand had in the run up to war. On June the 28th 1914‚ Gavirilo Princip along with two other students living in Serbia were waiting in the crowd‚ watching Franz Ferdinand‚ who was to be the future ruler of Austria-Hungary. One of the students
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One of the world’s most devastating and history-changing wars was caused by the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was next in line for the throne to govern over the Austria-Hungary empire in the beginning of the 20th century‚ and he was rising at a very dangerous and tense time. In the early 1900s‚ Austria-Hungary was in a stressful conflict with the country of Serbia. The Serbians wanted the land of Bosnia‚ in which the Austria-Hungarian empire had annexed into their
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Government had a big responsibility when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated and were stubborn enough not to accept any pity from the Serbian government. Instead‚ they used the pity as a way to abuse the power they had over Serbia. Yes‚ a Jugoslav did assassinate Franz Ferdinand‚ but despite the fact that he had treated the South Slavs without any mercy‚ the Serbian Government had still sent their condolences and offered all the help they could give. This showed how the Serbian government clearly wanted
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