WWI+Causes+E+Assassination+David+Stella+Jiheon

=Timeline : Assassination of Franz Ferdinand = media type="custom" key="3213482"

=Three Main Topics: =

1. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand: David Kim
 **June 28th 1914** -Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in a Sarejevo Street -Both Ferdinand and his wife Sophie got shot -Also there was a plot to assassinate them before -Cause was the Black Hand from the Serbia (Black Hand--Serbian Nationalist Group whom tried to gain their empire back)-Gavrilo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand October 18 1908: After the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, many men held a meeting at City Hall in Belgrade. They founded a secret society called the National Defense which gave Pan-Slavism an organization. The purpose of the group was to recruit and train partisans for a possible war between Serbia & Austria. They also undertook anti-Austrian propaganda and organized spies to work within Austria-Hungary. May 9, 1911 Ten men formed the Black Hand. The goal of the group was a creation of a great Serbia using violence (if necessary). Many of the members in the Black Hand were Serbian officers. The Black Hand took over the actions of the National Defense and worked efficiently to terrorize Austria-Hungary. 1914: Cause of the Assassination The three senior members of the Black Hand believed that they had to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinad. Dimtrijevic (Apis, the leader of the Black Hand) believed that Ferdinand’s plans to grant concessions to the South Slavs would interrupt the forming of an independent Serbian state. October 6 1908: Annexation As Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina directly into the Austria-Hungarian empire, it will remove any hopes Turkey might have for reclaiming the provinces. The Black Hand believed that the annexation will ruin their plans of actually forming a great Serbia.

2. Alliances Between Nations: Stella S. Kim
1878 -Serbia gained independence from Ottoman Empire** -Russia was allied with Serbia for defense and France thought this meant Russia was against Austria [But also, they had an emotional connection with the Serbs. They where historically Serbian allies and share Slavic roots, religion, culture]- Hungary so declared war against Russia GERMANY & A.H VS RUSSIA AND SERBIA
 * Tensions between Serbia and Austria-hungary
 * -**wanted to free all the Serbs and Croats in the Balkans and form a South Slav kingdom. This required Austria-Hungary (which was a nation with different nationalities) to give the Serbs and Croats living in its Empire their independence back. If this was to happen, the other nationalities could ask their independence- > ruin Austrian- Hungary Empire
 * August 1st 1914:**

-Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary: GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY VS SERBIA
 * October 7th 1879 - 1918 (Dual Alliance):**

-France allied with Russia[**Franco-Russian Alliance** was a ** m ilitary alliance **] found itself against Germany: GERMANY& AUSTRIA- HUNGARY VS RUSSIA SERBIA FRANCE
 * August 17th 1892 - 1917 (Franco-Russian Alliance):**

- Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia in** 28th July 1914. -German entered war siding with Austria- Hungary in July 6 1914 -France entered war after Germany declared war 3rd August 1914 -Russia entered war after Germany declared war on 1st August 1914
 * Entered war:

summary: There was a tension between Serbia and Austria-Hungary long ago. The assassination made Austria-Hungary declare war against Serbia on July 28th 1914. Since Austria- Hungary was military allies with Germany they asked for help. Germany joined the war on July 6th 1914. Serbia had been allied with Russia so Russia joined war at August 1st 1914 also Germany declared war with Russia. Then Germany declared war with France on August 3rd 1914 plus to that Russia and France were allied for help too.

3. Arrest of Gavrilo Princip: Jiheon Kim
- after shooting Ferdinand, Princip aimed the gun at himself as he was told to do so; however, a man nearby seized Princip's arm and prevented him from committing suicide - Princip was arrested and taken to the police station - eight men were arrested with treason and the murder of Ferdinand - Princip was imprisoned for the maximum duration of twenty years Princip died of tuberculosis
 * June 28, 1914**:
 * April 28, 1918**: