Causes of WW1

Rok Vuga

WW1 was not a suprise. The tention between the countries was increasing . New stronger countries demanded a new land division.

Britan and Germany were compeating on the sea while the Austro-Hungarian empire was compeating with Serbia on land.

Main Causes

The trigger of the war was the assination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.

Franz Ferdinand visited Bosnia despite the warnings. Nedeljko Čabrinović threw a grenade at the Thrones car, but they avoided it. When Franz Ferdinand came back from the visit, his car took a wrong turn, and he got shot by Gavrilo Princip.

The Assination of Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand Gavrilo P. Nedeljko Čabrinović

The desision was made. The Austrian ultimate to Serbia was sent from Vienna (28 July 1914) followed by the the Germans, who declared war on Russia and France, and Britan, who declared war on Germany. Europe became a big batttle field. There were two forces:

The Triple Entente (Britan,France,Russia) The Central Powers (Germany, the Austro-Hungarian

empire…)

The start