Road to WW1 Flashcards
1
Q
Assassination
Archduke Franz-Ferdinand
A
28 June, 1914
• Black Hand - Serbian Terrorist Group
- Ferdinand and wife going to Bosnia
- bomb hits car and bounces off to car behind them
- goes to hospital to visit injured police officers
- driver makes wrong turn and are on the same street
- stops car
- both get shot dead
2
Q
Austro-Hungarian Concerns
A
- Ethnic Tensions
- Reaction of Russia
- Need help from Germany
3
Q
Germany Concerns
A
• Two front war
• Schliefen Plan, 1905
- take on France, then Russia, in 6 weeks (Russia will take 6 weeks to mobilize big army)
- French give money to Russia for railroads
• French increased Conscription Rates
- Army getting larger
• Russia mobilizes