HIS103Y1 Lecture : Topic 14 WWI Topic 14 WWI
Document Summary
- austria, after annexed bosnia, land locked serbia; - serbian nationalists decided to liberate the slavic people, forming black hand assassinations; - archduke ferdinand paid a state visit to bosnia (june 1914); - ferdinand was pro-slavic and was willing to offer concessions to the slavic people; - the blank hand, wanting to arouse international attention, assassinated archduke ferdinand; - austria approached germany, wanting to militarily oppress serbia for revenge; - blank cheque (german-austria): no matter what austria will do, germany will fully support it; - germany did not have war in mind; merely want to humiliate serbia & patron russia; - blank cheque (russia-serbia): russia asked serbia to fulfill all demands by austria, but will support it no matter what; - blank cheque (france-russia): 1914 france gave russia full support; - a research in the serbian state archive to see if the state was involved; - serbia refused the last demand; violating sovereignty rights; wanting a diplomatic solution;
