One Wrong Turn Austro-Hungarian Archduke assassinated 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
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On June 28th 1914 Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria-Este was assassinated. A 19 year old man that goes by the name of Gavrilo Princip apart of the black hand group assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination lead to other events that eventually caused World war one. Belgium’s ports were close to the British Coast and during the war Germany took control of Belgium. This was a major threat to Britain. On August 4th 1914 Germany attacked France through Belgium and within hours
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the root of everything that came to follow. Because of Austria-Hungary’s desire to have legitimate cause to invade Serbia‚ they purposely set forward an ultimatum that they knew Serbia would reject. The ultimatum that was set forward was directly against the Serbian rights set forward in their Charter of Rights ‚ and yet Serbia agreed to everything except those points that defied their rights‚ which should have been acceptable‚ but Austria-Hungary refused to accept. As soon as the ultimatum came
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29th June 1914 THE SERBIAN TIMES Sarajevo Success Yesterday the joyful news arrived. Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Sophie‚ were shot dead by a man of Serbian nationality. Gavrilo Princip was persistent and even after the bomb attack of his nationalist group‚ the Black Hand‚ failed he took the opportunity to save our countrymen in Bosnia from a bleak future. After many requests Austria-Hungary still wouldn’t allow Bosnia to join us in their rightful place so action was the only way forward. Our
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person to blame for World War I‚ its Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ only he didn’t do anything bad‚ he was just assassinated‚ which sparked Austria’s tensions and therefore started the war. The buildup would’ve been much slower‚ perhaps even the war avoided‚ no costs for Germany‚ and no Second World War‚ which might’ve meant no Holocaust. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the leader of Austria before getting shot by teenager Gavrilo Princip. The assassination of Archduke was unjust because he was a great leader
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In 1908‚ Austria-Hungary took over the former Turkish province of Bosnia. This angered Serbians who felt the province should be theirs. Serbia threatened Austria-Hungary with war‚ Russia‚ allied to Serbia‚ mobilised its forces. Germany‚ allied to Austria-Hungary mobilised its forces and prepared to threaten Russia. War was avoided when Russia backed down. There was‚ however‚ war in the Balkans between 1911 and 1912 when the Balkan states drove Turkey out of the area. The states then fought each other
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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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death of the Archduke but regretted the death of Sophie‚ and Princip‚ who was “utterly defeated and depressed”. The newspapers described Princip as a “schoolboy”‚ “a young Serbian patriot”‚ “a mad killer”‚ and an “eighteen-year-old youth”. Princip´s actions were‚ in a way‚ excused by the following: "Gavrilo Princip saw the oppressed position of the Serbs in Austria-Hungary‚ and‚ under the influence of blindness‚ imagined that it was possible to change
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of race‚ language‚ culture or religion. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ the Austrian Archduke during the time of 1914‚ sparked off an already existing conflict between Austria and Serbia. The force of Nationalism influenced this conflict between Serbia and Austria due to the nationalistic views of the Serbian people. The conflict that occurred on the 28th June 1914 was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand. While he and his wife were visiting Bosnia‚ they were both
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and His Death An assassination is an extermination of someone to try to make a political‚ economic‚ or social statement to prove a point. Assassinations have been used for many years by humans to exterminate bad leaders‚ corrupt politicians‚ and many wretched people. Back in the Middle Ages assassins were more common then modern day. In the modern age‚ not many assassins are left or needed because of new laws enforced by governments and organizations; also many consequences
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