Germany actually did not encourage Austria-Hungary to declare with Serbia since it was not the first country to declare war on another during World War I. Austria-Hungary and Serbia were the first countries to enter World War I, only weeks before Germany joined in to help Austria-Hungary and the other Central Powers.
well basically: some serbian terroroist group assassinated the prince of austria. this made the austrian king declare war on serbia, so it's 1 against 1 (austria) vs (serbia) then austria decided to get help from germany because they were allies so now it's 2 against 1 (austria vs (serbia) germany) but russia is allies with serbia, and so the russians joined in so now it's even again with 2 against 2 (austria vs (serbia germany) russia) because russia was involved in this war, it meant france had to get involved because they were allies so it's 2 against 3 (austria vs (serbia germany) russia france) now, germany said they were going to attack france, but the french were mates with britain. when germany said they were going to attack france, britain told germany that if they attacked france, britain would attack germany. germany attacked france and that is how britain became involved in the 1st world war.
Answer this question… Russia had an alliance with Serbia, and Germany had an alliance with Austria-Hungary.
Serbia assassinated arch duke Ferdinand Austria attacked Serbia Russia attacked Austria because they were allied to Serbia Germany attacked Russia because Germany was allied to Austria France and England were allies of Russia, so Germany attacked France France was then in war with Germany
Germany guaranteed Austria-Hungary its support in the conflict with Serbia.
The Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Bosnian-Serb. In retaliation Austria-Hungary gave Serbia an Ultimatum of demands designed to destroy Serbia's influence in Bosnia. Serbia rejected the Ultimatum and Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany was Austria-Hungary's ally and agreed to assist Austria-Hungary in the invasion of Serbia. Russia, fearing an invasion of Serbia would end it's own influence in the Balkans began to mobilize for war. As a result, Germany declared war on Russia.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbians and sent Serbia an ultimatum with an impossible list of demands. Serbia refused these demands, and Austria-Hungary declared war. When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia got involved to defend Serbia. Germany, seeing that Russia was mobilizing, declared war on Russia. France was then drawn in against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany attacked France by marching through Belgium pulling Britain into war. Then Japan entered the war to support its British allies.
Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary when the Serbian's assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand (of Austria Hungary). As soon as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany was obligated to declare war as well but the fact that German Unification had allowed for Germany to become such a military powerhouse gave the German's a bit more confidence than they should have had. Germany took over the war against Serbia and declared war on more countries as global leaders sided with Serbia. This aggression from Germany took this war to the global scale.
Germany, Austria/Hungary, and Italy by the Triple Alliance!!
Austria-Hungary declared war on serbia and Germany joined because it was allied with austria.