HIS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: First Moroccan Crisis, Agadir Crisis, Austria-Hungary
29 Mar 2017
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Assassination of archduke franz-ferdinand, who was the heir to the throne for austria- Organized terrorist attack by the head of the serbian secret police. Balkan wars of 1912-1913 breakup of the ottoman empire (on the european side) Wanted to annex bosnia, which was austrian. Dream of a greater serbia (this was successful) The austrian-hungarian empire was greatly diverse (covered a lot of land) and most people only had their ruler in common (different language culture, etc. ) The gov. feared that if any one territory tried to break away, others would follow would weaken the empire. Wanted to punish serbia without intervention from the other major powers. Austria-hungary wanted to start a war with serbia in 1914. Other major powers were drawn into this conflict, even though serbia mattered very little to them (far, far away) Russia wanted to protect serbia (their little brother) France allied with russia to protect serbia.
