of Belgium would have been seen as a threat to Britain. In the end, Britain did not to ignore the
events of August 4th 1914, when Germany attacked France through Belgium. Afterwards,
Britain declared war on Germany (source). There were many events that led Britain to declare
war on Germany. One of the reasons was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to begin
with. The second would be the alliances as well, and the third would be imperialism.
Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. He was assassinated on
28 June 1914 by a terrorist from one of Austria-Hungary's powers, Serbia. Austria-Hungary
blamed Serbia,