Sarajevo Crisis 1914 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCauses and effects of WW1GCSEAQA Created by: cathalCreated on: 07-04-14 21:52 Background 28 June, was Serbia's National Day and the visit was an insult to Serbia. Autria-Hungary feared panslavism - the Austrian Army had asked for war with Serbia 25 times. Sarajevo was in Bosnia (province annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908) In the 1912-13 Balkans Wars, Serbia had grown. Its Prime Minister Pasic said 'The first round is won. Now for the secondround - against Austria.' 1 of 4 Event Franz Ferdinand was heir to the thrown of Austria-Hungary. 28 June - Six young Serbs - linked to the Black hand gang - lined up to assassinate him as he drove along the Appel Quay in Sarajevo. Nedeljko Cabrinovic threw a bomb. He missed and was arrested. The Archduke decided to return home immediately via a different route. No one told the driver, so turned into Franz Josef Street, then stopped the car...in front of Gavrilo Princip, who shot Franz Ferdinand and Sophie. 2 of 4 End The assassination casued horror, but not at first an international crisis (Kaiser went on holiday). Austria provoked the international crisis by sending Serbia an ultimatum in 23 July 1914. 3 of 4 Results Caused a sequence of events which resulted in the First World War. 4 of 4
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