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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - the spark that ignited War!

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - the spark that ignited War!. Austria. Austria. -Hungary. -Hungary. The HEIR to the Austrian throne and EMPIRE – What do these terms mean?. Archduke Franz Ferdinand. …and Family. The Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Franz Josef I.

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - the spark that ignited War!

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  1. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - the spark that ignited War! Austria Austria -Hungary -Hungary

  2. The HEIR to the Austrian throne and EMPIRE – What do these terms mean? Archduke Franz Ferdinand …and Family.

  3. The Emperor of Austria-Hungary Franz Josef I

  4. Austria-Hungary’s ally… The Empire of Austria-Hungary Germany What problems might the Emperor have controlling his Empire? Bosnia

  5. We should plot to kill the Archduke on his visit to OUR town Sarajevo and OUR country Bosnia. Bosnia should be ruled by Bosnians not Austria, we should rule ourselves. We should become independent. We are NATIONALISTS – we are fiercely proud to be Bosnian Serbs and want to be free of Austrian control We don’t need Austria. The assassin Gavrilo Princip – a Bosnian Serb

  6. How it all started... Try and remember these things before we read on: Bosnia did not want to be part of the Austrian Empire. They wanted independence. The Serbians tried to put pressure on the Austrians to let Bosnia leave the Austrian Empire. A group called the Black Hand Gang began to threaten the Austrian Emperor.

  7. Would this threat be more or less likely to get Austria to give in? Why?

  8. But…

  9. The attempted assassination had gone wrong up until this point. Then Gavrilo Princip confronted the Archduke

  10. Gavrilo Princip succeeded in shooting the Archduke as well as his wife!!!

  11. Austria now declared war on Serbia

  12. The Archduke's Funeral Procession

  13. Why did war break out in 1914? War!!! Long term problems and tensions in Europe • Patriotism • Rival Empires • Arms race • Alliances • War Plans • The Kaiser Trigger 28/6/1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand • 5/7/1914 – Germany promises to support Austria Hungary if it attacks Serbia • 23/7/1914 –Austria Hungary blames Serbia for the murder of the Archduke • 28/7/1914 –Austria Hungary attacks Serbia 29/7/1914 – Russia prepares to help Serbia against Austria Hungary 1/8/1914 – Germany declares war on Russia 2/8/1914 – France prepares to help Russia 3/8/1914 – Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium 4/8/1914 – Britain declares war on Germany

  14. Why did war break out in 1914? – Student sheet Long term problems and tensions in Europe • Patriotism • Rival Empires • Arms race • Alliances • War Plans • The Kaiser Trigger 28/6/1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand • 5/7/1914 – Germany promises to support Austria Hungary if it attacks Serbia • 23/7/1914 –Austria Hungary blames Serbia for the murder of the Archduke • 28/7/1914 –Austria Hungary attacks Serbia 29/7/1914 – Russia prepares to help Serbia against Austria Hungary 1/8/1914 – Germany declares war on Russia 2/8/1914 – France prepares to help Russia 3/8/1914 – Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium 4/8/1914 – Britain declares war on Germany

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