The July Crisis Flashcards
What was the consequence of the assassination?
- the July Crisis
Why was the assassination significant to the Austrians other than Franz Ferdinand being their heir to the throne?
- is was the excuse they were looking for to deal with Serbia
- Serbia has almost certainly supplied the guns and bombs used to kill Franz Ferdinand according to Austria-Hungary
What did Austria send Serbia on the 23rd of July?
- sent a ten-point ultimatum
What did Serbia do with the ultimatum?
- accepted all the demands except point 5 which would have involved Austrians influencing the government in Serbia
What happened on July 6th between Germany and Austria-Hungary?
- offered its full support through the ‘blank cheque’
What did the ‘blank cheque’ result in?
- Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia on the 28th of July
What did Germany think of Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia?
- a perfect opportunity to achieve weltpolitik
What did Russia do on the 29th of July?
- began mobilisation due to it being keen to support Serbia after 1908
What did Germany do on the 1st of August?
- declared war on Russia
Why did Germany declare war on Russia?
- support Austria in the Triple Alliance
- stick to the Schlieffen Plan
What did Germany do on the 3rd of August?
- decalre war on France
What was France doing as it was declared war on?
- mobilising to support Russia
What must happen under the Schlieffen Plan which included France and Russia?
- France must be attacked before Russia
What happened on the 4th of August?
- Germany attacked Belgium as part of the Schlieffen Plan
Why did Britain declare war on Germany?
- promised to defend Belgium in the 1839 Treaty of London
- support France
- to prevent Germany becoming too powerful in Europe
