what stated WW1?

Answer 1

well, there were several reasons that started ww1, but most people would suggest that princip from the black hand started ww1 when his group assassinated archduke franz ferdinand and his wife sophie, the soon to be heir of the austrian empire. here it might help.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_started_World_War_1

Answer 2

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was the straw that broke the camels back. The main reason everything started was there were too many treaties, alliances, or agreements going on.

Answer 3

Nationalism.

Answer 4

It's generally agreed that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Serbian Nationalists was the trigger that set off WW1.

Answer 5

The Austro-Hungarian government used the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to start the war. Then, after all the treaties had to be fulfilled ie Germany and other countries promising to help them out, all went against UK France and all them other crounties and numerous treaties to help against

So basicaly, one country was pissed cause their duke got assinated, blamed it on someone, then caused the deaths of 1.4 million soldiers not to metion the spanish flu that was started up months after that killed over 50 million people world wide.

Answer 6

a few things started the war but what triggered it was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, of the Austro-Hungarian empire. then everything happens and Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, and Germany then declares war on Russia. Most countries had allies and helped each other out. To put it simply

Answer 7

The war was started by the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, a province of Austria at the time.(June, 28, 1914) Serbia had always wanted to crush the Serbs in Bosnia and Serbia itself, who was helping Austrian- Serbs in an uprising against Austria. Since the Serbs had always fought the Austrian government and threatened their "patchwork" quilt of nations, Austria used the assassination of Franz Ferdinand as an excuse to send an ultimatum to Serbia. The ultimatum included 5 primary demands: 1. the Serbian government would suppress all propaganda coming out of Serbia against Austria-Hungary 2. Serbia would forbid anti- Austria lessons in schools 3. Serbia was to fire officials spreading anti-Austria propaganda 4. there would be a trial of the members of the "Mloda Bosnia" and the "Black hand" terrorist/uprising group in an Austrian Hungarian court 5. Serbia must accept these terms in 48 hours. Serbia accepted all demands but one; they wanted the trial to take place in Serbia. Than Austria had what it had always wanted, an excuse to crush Serbia; they declared war against Serbia on July 28. Russia, who had always supported the Serbs because of their common origins ordered partial mobilization against Austria Hungary. Germany had already agreed to help Austria- Hungary in the event of war and had given Austria a "blank cheque". At this time Russia, Germany, Serbia and Austria are prepared to fight. And with this Austria- Serbia conflict the World War 1 started and later grew with France, England, Belgium and many other nations.

Answer 8

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a group called The Black Hand.

Answer 9

Where to start?

The main causes were alliances (different countries formed alliances with each other, supposedly as a deterrent, but it actually led to them being complacent that they would have support if they went to war), imperialism (they each believed their own country was best and wanted more land, territories and resources, and they all wanted the same countries), militarianism (they started mobilising their armies in case of attack, thus making other countries rearm too) and the trigger that Gavrillo Princip (an Serbian) shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Your question is a whole essay! Websites like BBC history ansd spartacus.net are really good for discussing these factors in detail.

Answer 10

The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, I believe...