The heir to the throne of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian student.
Austria threatened Serbia with invasion using the assassination as an excuse.
Russia threatened Austria because it considered Serbians to be fellow Slavs.
Germany threatened Russia because it had treaties with Austria.
France threatened Germany because it had treaties with Russia.
Britain had a treaty to help France if she was threatened.
Would you blame the student or the treaty makers?
The First World War began in Europe in 1914. The event that started the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The Kosovo War.
world war one
1914-1918
It began in 1914 and ended in 1918
In 1914 tension was building soo much. Europe had split pretty much in two, and these groups began to clash in many parts of the world. Whenever they did Europe always looked on the point of war. But it was the assasination of Franz Ferdinand that finally pulled Europe into war.
1st world war - 1914 to 19182nd world war - 1939 to1945
There were acctually 4 causes of tension for europe in 1914. : Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and Alliances.
war spread out in 1914
World war 1 erupts in the sunmmer of August, 1914. The fact that war erupted in August 1914 did not surprise many Europeans. After all, tensions had torn Europe for years. The tensions were nationalism, militarism, and alliances.
World War One.
Germany inveded the rhineland