HERE'S THE REAL DEAL --- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenburg, were assassinated in Sarajevo, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The conspiracy involved Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student. Gavrilo Princip was part of a group of fifteen assailants, who formed the Young Bosnia group, acting with support from the Black Hand, some members of which were part of the Serbian government.
Following the assassination the Austro-Hungarian government, supported by their German allies, was determined to punish the Serbians for the assassination, and on July 23 sent an ultimatum to the Serbs with demands so extreme that it was expected to be rejected. The Serbians, relying on the hope of support from Russia, gave an equivocal response which led to Austrian rejection, and to a declaration of war on July 28. The Russians mobilized in support of their Serbian allies. First, this was only partial mobilization, directed against only the Austrian frontier. On July 31, after the Russian high command told the emperor that this was logistically impossible, a general mobilization was ordered. The German war plan, which relied on a quick strike against the Russians' French allies while the Russian army slowly mobilized, could not afford to allow the Russians to begin mobilization without launching their attack on the west. As such, the Germans declared war against Russia on August 1 and against France two days later, immediately launching an invasion of Luxembourg and Belgium to get around the fortifications along the Franco-German border. This violation of Belgium's neutrality led to a British declaration of war on Germany on August 4. With this declaration, five of the six great European powers became involved in the first European general war since the Napoleonic Wars.
2007-03-16 20:20:26
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answered by shitstainz 6
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This could take hours and hours. Face it, the 19th Century saw more changes than all other centuries combined...
So my favorite one (a problem still with us), was called, at the time, "The Old Sick Man of Europe." This was the death of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire held together a vast territory, almost all of which was oil-rich, at a time when European powers were trying to one-up each other, and oil had been proven the best way to fuel a warship. And factories at home. And everything.
And don't forget the Balkans, where the Archduke was shot, was in the dying Ottoman Empire's sphere.
2007-03-16 20:04:45
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answered by Boomer Wisdom 7
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It all began when a madman shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Serbia. This precipitated a chain of events in which various countries made demands on others; the demands escalated, and eventually resulted in war. The gory details (and gory they are) are much too long to relate here. Try:
2007-03-16 19:54:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Hi
One reason about how ww1 started, it was a trade war.
Countries wern't getting their fair share of stuff. ect...wheat, minerals, food
thats a reason
see ya
2007-03-16 19:55:09
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answered by Anonymous
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