Franz Ferdinand and the start of ww1 Flashcards
Who was part of the triple entente
Britain
France
Russia
Who was in the triple alliance
Germany
Austro-hungary
Ottoman empire (turkey)
When did ww1 end?
11th november 1918
What does conscripted mean
Means you are forced to serve your country and if you do not you get punished or get put in prison
Who was franz ferdinand?
Heir to the austro hungarian empire
What date was franz ferdinand assasinated?
28th june 1914
Where was franz ferdidnand when he died?
Sarajevo, Bosnia
What was the BHG main plan
Kill the arch duke then kill themselves
Why did the BHG want to kill Franz Ferdidnand?
Name 3 reasons
Bosnia wanted to be part of serbia again
Wanted revenge
Were angry that he came into their country on their countries national day
Who was the leader of the BHG?
Guarillo Princip
Why did Franz Ferdidnand go to Bosnia
To tell the people that he was good and he would be nice to them
Why was it so easy for Guarillo Princip to kill franz Ferdinand
He wanted to look friendly so he had no army and an unarmoured open top car which made him vunerable
How did the BHG know where Franz Ferdidnand would be and when?
The newspaper published his route a day before
What happened to the first assasination attempt?
He chickened out
What happened to the second assasination attempt?
He threw the grenade but it went off too late, Franz Ferdinand was fine. The assasin attempted to commit suicide by taking cyanide then jumping in the river to drown but the cyanide was out of date and the river was very shallow so it failed
