Doug the war to end all wars the first
world war can arguably be traced back to
one moment that set off a series of
deadly consequences hi I’m Rebecca
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be exploring how World War 1
began the event that sparked the first
world war was the murder of the heir to
the austro-hungarian throne on June 28
1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his
wife were shot and killed in the Bosnian
capital of Sarajevo the man who fired
the shots was Gavrilo Princip this
assassin and his accomplices were
members of a larger movement that wished
to break free from austria-hungary and
create an independent Yugoslavia
starting something far bigger than
anyone could have anticipated
Ferdinand’s assassination initiated a
chain of events leading to one of the
largest and deadliest conflicts in world
history
shortly after the Archduke’s
assassination austria-hungary issued an
ultimatum to Serbia this attempt to
exert control over the Balkans was also
an effort to crush the nationalist
movement responsible for the death
unsatisfied with the response
austria-hungary declared war against
Serbia on July 28 1914 exactly one month
after the assassination while the
trigger for the war is considered by
many to be the Archduke’s assassination
there were several other long-term
causes at play in Europe in the years
leading to it some historians have
identified imperialism as a primary
cause of World War one throughout the
19th century tensions between European
powers surfaced
new control of foreign resources markets
and people by France United Kingdom and
other countries were the root of this
tension meanwhile natural resources
throughout Europe were dwindling this
caused some countries to seek new
territory the decades before the war saw
rivalries and alliances established by
1914 a tangled mess of treaties
identified what would ultimately become
the two sides of World War one after war
was declared on Serbia this web of
alliances quickly came into play most of
Europe as well as world powers from
abroad were drawn into the war the
four-year war would result in a complete
reorganization of Europe’s political
landscape and the death of approximately
six
ten million people
world war can arguably be traced back to
one moment that set off a series of
deadly consequences hi I’m Rebecca
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be exploring how World War 1
began the event that sparked the first
world war was the murder of the heir to
the austro-hungarian throne on June 28
1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his
wife were shot and killed in the Bosnian
capital of Sarajevo the man who fired
the shots was Gavrilo Princip this
assassin and his accomplices were
members of a larger movement that wished
to break free from austria-hungary and
create an independent Yugoslavia
starting something far bigger than
anyone could have anticipated
Ferdinand’s assassination initiated a
chain of events leading to one of the
largest and deadliest conflicts in world
history
shortly after the Archduke’s
assassination austria-hungary issued an
ultimatum to Serbia this attempt to
exert control over the Balkans was also
an effort to crush the nationalist
movement responsible for the death
unsatisfied with the response
austria-hungary declared war against
Serbia on July 28 1914 exactly one month
after the assassination while the
trigger for the war is considered by
many to be the Archduke’s assassination
there were several other long-term
causes at play in Europe in the years
leading to it some historians have
identified imperialism as a primary
cause of World War one throughout the
19th century tensions between European
powers surfaced
new control of foreign resources markets
and people by France United Kingdom and
other countries were the root of this
tension meanwhile natural resources
throughout Europe were dwindling this
caused some countries to seek new
territory the decades before the war saw
rivalries and alliances established by
1914 a tangled mess of treaties
identified what would ultimately become
the two sides of World War one after war
was declared on Serbia this web of
alliances quickly came into play most of
Europe as well as world powers from
abroad were drawn into the war the
four-year war would result in a complete
reorganization of Europe’s political
landscape and the death of approximately
six
ten million people
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