The war began when the heir to the Russian Austrian-Hungarian Empire was shot dead by Bosnian Serb, in Sarajevo, in 1914. Why did a quarrel between the Austrians and the Serbs cause a world war?
Bosnia has a mixed population, which includes many Serbs. In 1908, the Austrians marched into Bosnia. The Bosnian Serbs wanted them to leave. In June 1914, the heir to the Austrian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were visiting the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. A group of Bosnian terrorists, The Black Hand, gunned them down. The assassin was a schoolboy called Gavrilo Princip; his gun came from Serbia.
The Austrian government decided the time had come to crush Serbia once and for all. The Austrians demanded that Serbia should apologize for the archduke’s murder and allow the Austrian police into Serbia to hunt down the culprits, Serbia had forty-eight hours to agree r there would be war. The Serbs offered to help find the assassins but Austria was not satisfied. On the 28 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Both sides turned to their allies for help.
Bosnia has a mixed population, which includes many Serbs. In 1908, the Austrians marched into Bosnia. The Bosnian Serbs wanted them to leave. In June 1914, the heir to the Austrian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were visiting the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. A group of Bosnian terrorists, The Black Hand, gunned them down. The assassin was a schoolboy called Gavrilo Princip; his gun came from Serbia.
The Austrian government decided the time had come to crush Serbia once and for all. The Austrians demanded that Serbia should apologize for the archduke’s murder and allow the Austrian police into Serbia to hunt down the culprits, Serbia had forty-eight hours to agree r there would be war. The Serbs offered to help find the assassins but Austria was not satisfied. On the 28 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Both sides turned to their allies for help.
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