the assassination of franz ferdinand Flashcards
what was franz ferdinard?
he was the archduke of austria-hungary
where did he visit and when?
bosnia on 28th june 1914
what was the serbian terrorist group?
the black hand gang
who decided to kiss franz ferdinard because they didnt like austria-hungary
what did one of the members do?
he threw a hand grenade at the duke
it deflected of his car and injured some people in the crowd
after the driver went the wrong way what did a member of the gang do?
shot the archduke and his pregnant wife
what did austria-hungary do?
saw this as a good excuse to deal with serbia
austria told serbia that they had to agree to the 10 things otherwise they would attack
serbia refused to acceplt 1 so austria declared war
what was russia’s involvement?
russia said thay they werent going to back down again
they got their army ready to help serbia
how did this cause war?
austria-hungary attacked serbia
russia and germany promised not to back down again so they were involved
