war breaks out!

War Breaks Out!

# troopsRussia= ______France= ______G.B.= ______

Aust.Hung = ____Germany= _____

- _________________had caused turmoil in Balkan Peninsula (SE Europe)- __________________: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia battling for territory- Balkan nationalists called on related ethnic groups in Austria-Hungary to throw off _____________________rule

Assassination Sparks a Crisis- June _______– Archduke Francis Ferdinand (heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary) was visiting Sarajevo (capital of __________)- At the time, Bosnia was part of the Eastern European empire ruled by _________________

- Ferdinand’s visit angered members of the ___________________: Serbian terrorist group

- ________________: uses threats and violence to promote a cause- The Black Hand wanted ________to break away from Austria-Hungary & join _______

June 28: Archduke & wife rode through Sarajevo in an

open car.Terrorist Gavrilo Princip

shot the couple.Alliance Against Alliance

- Austria Hungary quickly accused the Serbian gov’t of organizing the archduke’s assassination- ______________________ threatens war, ______________moved to protect _________________

- July 28 Austria- Hungary declared war on ____________________- Next day, ____________ordered its forces to _____________: prepare for war

- _____________(Austria-Hungary’s ally) called on Russia to call off the mobilization order- No reply: Germany declared war on _____________August 1 st

– August 3rd- Germany declared war on Russia’s ally: France– Next day – Germany slices through neutral Belgium on the

march to France, Britain declares war on Germany• Long before, Britain had formed an alliance with Belgium

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