HISTORY 2500 Lecture 2: Week 1 Origin of WW1
11 Sep 2017
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Archduke franz ferdinand visited sarajevo with his wife sophie. Princip part of the black hand, serbian nationalist group. Prime minister pasic knew of a plot a) b) Tried to stop black hand at the border. Serbian ambassador warned finance minister of austria lol. Germany didn"t want war with russia, only ally. Germany didn"t want war with russia, only ally is austria-hungary a) Race war with britain, which had the greatest navy in the world b) c) d) Germany vowed to support austria in all conflicts. Austria didn"t accept the response, mobilized troops thinking russia would stay out. Germany thought that gb would stay out of it. Austria said to russia that they wouldn"t negotiate with serbia. Russia misinterpreted thinking austria wouldn"t negotiate with russia b) Germany told russia to stop or else we will mobilize. Russia continued, so germany mobilized and used schlieffen plan c) Gb guarantees german borders if they go neutral.
