World War I

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On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a nineteen year old student and an agent of the Serbian nationalist secret society, the Black Hand, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. This paper examines how events in the Balkans following the archduke's murder led to the beginning of the First World War. The paper considers the players involved in the historical conflict, alliances and the "mindlessly mechanical series of events that culminated in the world's first global war" .

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"This potential collapse of Austria-Hungary was not only important for the "Vienna government, but for Austria's German ally, for the other Great Powers, and for the balance of power system" (Sowards 2001). The clash with Serbia affected an issue of such magnitude that it is not difficult to understand how all the Powers became involved, "all of them had interests at stake" (Sowards 2001). The division into two sides was due to local considerations from Poland to Belgium, however, the risk of world war was due to the ethnic issues behind the 1914 Sarajevo crisis (Sowards 2001)."

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