"The Guns of August"
1914 European intensisty
Balkan Explosion
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary visits Bosnia.
Many believed Bosnia should belong to Serbia rather than Austria- Hungary.
Radical Gavrillo Princip "Black Hand" goal to make all South Slavic people one nation.
June 28,1914 Archduke is assassinated
July 28, 1914 > Austria- Hungary
Alliances came into play
Germany, Austria-Hungary – Central Powers
France, Britain, Russia – Allies
Most historians blame nations and their alliances for WWI.
Blame WWI
- Austria-Hungary Blamed Serbia for terrorism
- Germany felt it must support Austria-Hungary
- Russia supported Slavic people, feared Austria-Hungary worked to rival Slavs.
- France – Backed Russia – Felt it may need Russia protection from Germany.
- Britain – felt duty to protect Belgium – feared power of Germany causing English Channel