Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Austria/Hungary and the Serbs;
Make sure you have detailed factual knowledge about AND HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT the following issues and topics:
WHY DID THE SARAJEVO ASSASSINATION LEAD TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN 1914? 1. A description of the Sarajevo Crisis. 2. The effects of the Sarajevo Crisis.
The Sarajevo Crisis of 1914Overview
Serbia was threatening to attack Austria.
On 28 June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was inspecting the troops at
Sarajevo in Bosnia, when he was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, one of
a gang of six Bosnian Serbs lined up along the Appel Quay to kill him.
Facts
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Results of the Sarajevo Crisis
2. The assassination caused horror, but not an international crisis (the Kaiser went on holiday). 3. It was Austria which provoked the international crisis by sending Serbia an ultimatum on 23 July 1914 - it was THIS which started the sequence of events leading to the outbreak of war.
Note that you may need to use your knowledge of the
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Revision Focus This is a Paper 1 topic, so concentrate on learning: 1. WHAT happened 2. EFFECTS/ Importance Linkse-book on the crises leading to WWI. |