Why did the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand trigger “The Great War”?
Serbia at the time was being suppressed by the Austrians. Arch Duke Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. So hoping that in the death of the Arch Duke, there would be no one to rule the empire and it would crumble in a battle for the throne, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian, assassinated the Arch Duke while he was parading in Belgrade. Despite the fact that he was from a terrorist group, the Black Hand (thus giving the Serbian government no control over them), The Austro-Hungarians saw this as a threat and sent Serbia an insane ultimatum. Not being able to meat its requirements. It asked Russia for help. Russia, a superpower, was obviously a serious opponent so the European countries fell into alliances. Austria-Hungary allied with Germany, Italy, and the Ottomans. Russia allied with France and Britain. Being Serbia’s protector, Russia would have to attack whomever attacks Serbia. BUt Austria0Hungary didn’t only have problems with Serbia. Back in the mid 1800s,
