Who Was Responsible For World War 1

There are various ideas World War One was guessed to have started. Every country has a different idea and assumption about how it happened. But the main idea, the text book idea, is that it started with the assassination of Prince Ferdinand. “The explosive that was World War I had been long in the stockpiling; the spark was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Ferdinand's death at the hands of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist secret society, set in train a mindlessly mechanical series of events that culminated in the world's first global war” (June 28 in Sarajevo). The assassination of Prince Ferdinand was a good excuse for Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia. Prince Ferdinand was the Austria-Hungary heir. The Prince was also killed by a Serbian assassin. It was like giving

They had all made alleys with each other, so naturally when one country declared war on another their allies were automatically involved. Austria-Hungary wanted desperately to declare war on Serbia, but didn’t dare. Because they knew Russia would come to Serbia’s aid. They cannot take Russia on by itself. “But in order to implement their war against Serbia they needed support from their main ally Germany. Without Germany, their decision to fight against Serbia could not have been implemented. The Berlin government issued a "blank cheque" to its ally, promising unconditional support and putting pressure on Vienna to seize this golden opportunity. Both governments knew it was almost certain that Russia would come to Serbia's aid and this would turn a local war into a European one, but they were willing to take this risk” (Dr Annika Mombauer - The Open University). So the war began, with Germany’s support, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia comes to Serbia’s aid and so