The Assassination Franz Ferdinand (1914) - The Direct Cause to WW1
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- The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip was a significant event that triggered the outbreak of World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His assassination occurred during his visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Gavrilo Princip was a member of a Bosnian Serb nationalist group called the Black Hand. The group sought to unite all South Slavic peoples in an independent state. Princip was one of the six assassins involved in the plot to kill the Archduke. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were riding in a motorcade through Sarajevo. The group of assassins, armed with firearms and grenades, positioned themselves along the route. Gavrilo Princip was stationed near the Latin Bridge. As the motorcade passed by, one of the conspirators, Nedeljko Čabrinović, threw a grenade at the Archduke's car. However, the grenade missed its target and injured several people in a nearby car. Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were unharmed. After attending an event, the Archduke's driver took a wrong turn, unknowingly driving past Gavrilo Princip. Seizing the opportunity, Princip fired two shots at close range, hitting both Franz Ferdinand and Sophie. The couple was gravely wounded and died shortly after. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination and issued a series of demands. When Serbia refused to comply fully, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, which led to a domino effect of alliances and declarations of war among European powers.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the subsequent events that followed had a profound impact on the course of history, marking the beginning of a devastating global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918.
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A wonderful historical coverage video about the assassination of Ferdinand as a direct reason for WW1 started. Thank you( history Hustle) channel for sharing this remarkable explanation video. Good luck and best wishes for you, Sir Stefan 🙏
Thanks. Best wishes from Medellín!
Interesting and concise ! Thanks again Stefan.
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Great review Stefan, have a great weekend and travel safe ! ✌️
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Yes.,quite a moving city is Sarajevo, loved the place. I think you forgot to mention, for balance ,that despite what Archduke Ferdinand was, he was pragmatic ,and was in part planning a reform of the Empire,more language rights for it`s ethnic make up, and more devolved power to these groups-which actually annoyed his father the Empire and many at the imperial court.Lovely video by the way....
Exactly. That is the point when major crack happene between Bosnian population-bosnian serbs wanted closer ties with serbia and russia, on the other hand bosniaks and croats of Bosnia liked the Austro-Hungarian empire and wanted closer ties to the west. Same stayed to this day...
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was not a emperor Franz Joseph son.
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sisi). He died 1889. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was just a one in a line of pretenders to the throne. He wanted to overtake power of Franz Joseph. Unpopular in Wien, he was a perfect sacrificial lamb. Sendt to Bosnia to supervise military exercise. Security in Sarajevo striped to a bare minimumof only 36 police oficers ???, whit 20 000 millitary tropes just outside of city. He was used to start a war, killing two birds with one stone !!!
Austria, on a number of a prior occasions wanted to start a war whit Serbia. Especially after losing territories in northern Italy and recognaising Hungarians. Austria wanted controll over large slav population in its borders. But Serbia didn want to fight 2 front war, whit Turks and Austrians and was giving up on all demands to Austrians to avoid war on prior occasions.
This time Austria make demands and conditions imposible for Serbia.
Emperor Franz Joseph said quotes " we can not afford another mobilisation without war, it is now or newer "
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As you were explaining the events of what happened I instantly remembered the scene that was recreated on the kingsmen.
Dunno kingsmen.
It’s the version called The Kings Man (2021) starring Ralph Fiennes@@HistoryHustle
Thanks Again Stefan!
Thanks. Best wishes from Medellín!
WW1 would've happened anyway even without the assassination of Franz Ferdinand because Europe was divided between two irreconcilable alliances of great powers. The German military leadership was certain that Germany had to launch pre-emptive strike against the Russian Empire before Russia completed it's ambitious modernization program of it's military and economy which the German military estimated would be completed around 1917 after which the Russian Empire was thought to become undefeatable threat against Germany. Some other incident would've caused WW1 if the assassination did not happen.
That's a different personality that is often portrayed. Franz Ferdinand is often portrayed as the last best hope for peace. He stopped Conrad von Hotzendorf from taking the Astro-Hungarian empire with Serbia on numerous occasions. He also is portrayed as wanting to be the dual monarchy in to a triple one with the Serbs within the empire being given equal status to the Austrians and Hungarians.
*South Slavs (Slovenia+Croatia-Slavonia+Bosnia)
that was already complicated at the time
remember: he HATED hungarians, everything to balance them out of the play
Its all relative. He was certainly more liberal than the present emperor at the time, but a creature of his upbringing and society.
as per usual, excellent! thx
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Altijd interessant Stefan, bedankt !!
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Czech historians point out that the driver was Czech and was not good at German. As a result, he did not understand the change of plans and no one bothered to check he knew.
What " change of plans"? He turned off the main street into a very short side street and was told to stop. Prinčip was standing on the very corner. That's why the museum is where it is. As for being unfamiliar with German! Tosh
You make some great history videos thanks
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Youre welcome. Please continue with those great videos :) @@HistoryHustle
Nice video, can you please make a video about battle of Murmansk (operation silver fox)
A very marked historical site bro
Thanks! This is one of the most interesting historical sites I've been.
This story will always be fascinating because of its sheer randomness. I read a book on this many years ago, and Princip seemed to be such a pitiful young man. He was brought up in grinding poverty and was a sickly child with nothing to look forward to in life. He was indeed a murderer and there’s no excuse for that, but I reckon he felt he had nothing to lose.
Pawns in someone else's game, easy marks, all.
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I just watched a movie called "The Day That Shook the World," about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie.
How amazing that Stefan is able to stand on the exact spot !
Thanks for your reply!
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@@HistoryHustle "Muchas" gracias, hermano, Stefan!
Always learn something new!
Thanks. Best wishes from Medellín!
Thanks Stefan - very interesting :)
Thanks Peter!
Hello Stefan,
Could you point me to good books or sources for the final months of the Eastern Front in world war to from end 44-45, when the soviets invaded Prussia, pamarainia, silecia, etc. And documents the battles, the attrocieties committed by the soviets, the civilian evacuations, Wehrmacht soldier perspectives, etc. I wasn't sure if you would have any good resources. I do appreciate it.
Wesley.
See my sources of my most watched video.
great video mate the creepy thing about the Assassination Franz Ferdinand the car that he was riding in the license plate had the date when ww1 will end
That I did not know.
Good for a conspiracy theory
"Was always interested in the "assassination"..of Ferdinand".."Thanks"Instructor"..for this " factual timeline" in history"!!
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This video is already an epic one on this channel! 28 june 1914, what a day!
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Many thanks for your reply once again. Have a good weekend Marcos!
Lesson here, allways have a reverse gear!
Not having a reverse gear, was not so unusual for the time, but think about what the poor driver had to do, get out of the damn car and push ... "no you just stay where you are Archduke Ferdinand, I mean, why would I need any help trying to push a thousand or more kilometres car?"
Stay there and both die, or act like a Man, help me with the car, and she might just "live for the children" ... wow, what a decision!!
Lest we forget. Thanks. BZ
What do you think of Fritz Fischer's claims that war had been decided upon in Germany as early as 1912 and then deliberately provoked it in 1914?
Many historians do concede that Germany made use of the July Crisis to unleash a war. In the wake of the Fischer controversy, they focused more closely on the role of Austria-Hungary in the events that led to war, and concluded that in Vienna, at least as much as in Berlin, the crisis precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was seen as a golden opportunity to try and defeat a ring of enemies that were precieved to threaten the central powers.
I think that WW1 would've still happened even without the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Europe was divided between two irreconcilable alliances of great powers. German leadership was certain that Germany had to launch a pre-emptive strike against the Russian Empire before it completed it's massive modernization program of it's military and economy. German military estimated that this would happen around 1917 and after that the Russian Empire would become undefeatable threat against Germany.
WW! was inevitable but all players worked hard to ensure that they did not appear to be the aggressor in July and August 1914, as the vast armies of soldiers that would be needed could not be summoned for a war of aggression.@@hendriktonisson2915
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The real tragic part is what happend next , as the asassination was tragic but the events that followed . Unfortunite timming of a holliday , a treaty that was hammered out between the russian and austrian ambasador , and before they signed it having a drink and cigar where the russian ambasador had a hearth attack , the hungarians only agreeing to a invasion if no cm of serbia was annexed , a list of demand that was agreed to exept one point on this list . where the kaiser of germany said there is no reason for a war , as all conditions exept one where agreed to , the russian tsaar having comunications with his cousing the german kaiser . where the russians already where mobilizing and coulndt stop it and a host of other events that prevented a peacefull solution .
That was the tragic part as some how this war was ment to be , no matter how much they tried and didnt want it to happen .
Gavrilo Princip killed the one man who was able to stop ww1 from happening Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Yes.
I doubt the assassination not happening would've stopped WW1 from happening. Europe was divided by two irreconcilable alliances of great powers. German military leadership was certain that Germany had to launch a pre-empitve strike against the Russian Empire before it completed it's massive program of modernizing it's military and economy.
Since Franz was against, he was convenient victim and excuse. Serbia accepted all points of the request unconditionally, but two were disputed, such as a unilateral investigation by Austro-Hungarian on Serbian territory, and they wanted it to be done with international arbitration, which would actually be normal thing. Gavrilo said in the courtroom that he would not have killed Ferdinand if he had known that Franz Ferdinand had children. Of course, his act would have been meaningless in many ways, especially since their children could inherit the throne, but........... What happened to the children?
My family was also a victim of that and they had to flee from Zagreb due to the persecution of all Serbs (although Young Bosnia was a multi-ethnic organization of people who only wanted a free Bosnia, after centuries of occupation by the Ottomans, they ended up being occupied again) of course they left all their property behind because you can't take houses and fields with you, and my family was just one of hundreds of thousands. Also convenient method for ethnic cleansing. ANYWAY, the worst thing that could happen to Europe was the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy. For all the peoples of the Balkans, certainly. Both ruled according to the principle of divide and conquer
@@sandrazecevic2650 Bosnia was never a part of Serbia in its history. The Serbs went to Belgrade to pick up the weapon's from the Serbian secret agent "Apis"(Dragutin Dimitrijević).
maybe you should actually read what I wrote first@@user-pc2jp2yr3c
I see the car in the video. I visited a museum in Vienna that had the car and the Archduke's bloody uniform. Have they subsequently moved?
It is a replica.
@@HistoryHustle Which one? The one in Sarajevo?
Yes. In Vienna museum the original is located.
Perhaps this could have avoided if Austria had given Eastern Bosnia to Serbia rather than annexing the whole province.
I'm amazed that Austria could declare war due to what was seen as the criminal act of a terrorist. Thanks Stef, Sarajevo looks beautiful
It was an excuse to do what many in power (ironically Franz-Ferdinand may not have agreed had he been alive) wanted to do anyway. Following the assassination, Austria-Hungary made an exorbitant and extreme list of demands on Serbia. Serbia actually agreed to almost all but that wasnt good enough and the war began.
OMG 😲 the Assasiination Museum! I have spent much time in Sarajevo.
Prinčip was a young idiot.😮 You have included details unknown to me, thank you very much. History is never the plain tale that gets into print
Prinčip was just a tool, Dragutin Dimitrijević was the terrorist mastermind.
My Chetnik friend I told you about awhile back knew his mother. Him and his brother took a photo with her. Partisans found the photo in her home and burnt her home down
Sad thing; not really related to this video.
@@HistoryHustle it’s Gavrilo Prinčip? How is it not related?
Well, I see an error here. Young Bosnia was a group from Bosnia consisting of serbs snd bosnians.
So what is the error?
back than, there was no bosnians as nation nor there is now, as you know, serbs from bosnia call them selfs bosnian too. It was just multinational organization
They went to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, to pick up the weapons from the Serbian Secret agent known as "Apis" (Dragutin Dimitrijević).
@@HistoryHustle well, it is not a Serbian organisation - it was not from Serbia, and it didn't consisted of only Serbian Orthodox population.
The event did not take place on the day of St. Vitus, but on Vidovdan, which is dedicated to the pre-Christian Slavic god Svetovid, who was, among other things, the god of war. It is true that Ferdinand was a clay pigeon brought to be killed, as shown by the facts presented in the video. Despite the fact that the first assassination attempt failed, Ferdinand and Sofia were brought back in the same open car to complete the job. The archival report on the trial of Gavrilо Princip was never published. I wonder why?
I see.
@@HistoryHustle Vidovdan is traditionally the biggest Serbian national holiday and a day of national pride, ever since the Battle of Kosovo, which took place in 1389, when our greatest national hero Miloš Obilić assassinated the Turkish Sultan Murad. For this reason, Franz Ferdinand organized the provocation and his arrival in Sarajevo on that day, and Gavrilo Princip was inspired by the feat of Miloš Obilić when he carried out the assassination. There are other great events in Serbian history that happened on that day.
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Today, Princip and the other conspirators are buried in Sarajevo, in a special chapel in st. Marks’ cemetery in Koševo.
Greetings from Sarajevo
Didn't know this. I know they have a statue of the man in Belgrade.
@@HistoryHustle He (Princip) has even got a statue in the so called "East Sarajevo" - a Serb nationalist hole outside Sarajevo within borders / administration of "Republika Srpska" entity. I guess it's better to spend money on raising statue to honor terrorist than invest in education or whatever...
It is fair to acknowledge that Mlada Bosna was a group of young Yugoslav nationalists, although the secret services of Serbia collaborated with them to assassinate the heir, it was not a pan-Serbian organization. There were also Slovenes, Croats, Muslims, Montenegrins, and Macedonians involved.
Thanks for sharing.
I have also been to the monument for battle of the field of the crows in kosovo (1999). NATO and UN took me to a lot of interesting and dangerous places.
Must have been interesting.
Gavrilo Princip is a national hero, a wonderful young man who did what he could in the fight against the mortal enemy of his people.
The Serbian view I guess?
More than 65% of Bosnian population in 1914 identified themselves as Serbs (muslim or orthodox). You should try researching Serbian history a bit further from the center of hate against Serbian people, which is Sarajevo after ‘95, of course.
@@HistoryHustle you guess ??? I am from Croatia, my grand grandfather died as a solider in a Austrio-Hungarian army on Galicia front. He was forced mobilzated. He did not want to fight other slaves, but he was forced as many others and lost his life. Austrians used Balkan slav peoples fight against Turkish empire and pretending to be a ally occupated our land. They supported division of slavs on Balkan by forcing katolic religion on local population, and in the afthermath creating new nations on religious grounds. Today only difrence among Serbs, Croats and Bosnjaks is a religion. Our history was rewriten by our occupators and new narativ was implemented in order to devide and rule Balkan slavs by Germans and Austrians.
Young Bosnia was not a Serbian organisation !!!
Young Bosnia was a separatist and revolutionary movement active in the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary before World War I. Its members were predominantly young male students, primarily Serbs, but it also included Bosnian Muslims and Croats.
Dou You have another view ???
A great video, thank you. I however disagree that WWI was inevitable. It was likely but I believe that if this did not happen, Europe may have seen peace for quite some time and that Europe's history may have turned out very different. However this assassination shows just how fragile peace can be. Back in 19114 and even in 2023.
Austria was not frustrated by Serbias responce on its demands, they wanted a war. Austro-Hungarian ambasador baron Giesel deliverd demands on 48 hours replay notice. He had an instruction to leave Serbia whatever the anwser. Austrian foreign minister Berchtol wrote demands self. His wife lether reveals that he couldnt sleep and kept changing demands of the ultimatum worried Serbia might accept it. Ultimatum was written to be rejected. Austrians feard rebelion of its larg slav population Cheks, Slovaks, Slovenians, Croats, Serbs and Bosnians wanted to make a eksempel of Serbia and strike a fear in its slavic population. Assassination was a perfect excuse.
I like your dedication to the Balkan countries, I'm sure you yourself know how full of history these regions have been for centuries, and on the one hand, no one pays too much attention to it, but one piece of advice, there are a lot of holes in your story, next time, just take sources from all sides to make a story
Please explain.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was beloved in Croatia.He actually wanted Croatia at the same par with Austria and Hungary
Like I state in the video.
"Our shadows will walk through Vienna, they will stroll through the court, and they will intimidate the aristocracy."
Gavrilo Princip.
Interesting quote.
I'm sure that the very young and "useful idiot" (in other words, young and keen also easily influenced) Gavrillo Princip, was not looking to start any World Wide conflagration, that drew in all the dozen major powers and took the lives of Millions of young Men like himself.
And might I say, that World War 1or something like we've known it to be, was NOT an "inevitability", Stephan, and I have to say that this time, I disagree with you. Sorry about that mate!!
Maybe not inevitable, but a war in europe was a big possibility and the system of treaties meant that a local conflict could quickly spiral out of control. Nationalistic sentiments were riding high and quite a few people felt that a 'nice, short war' could sort things out between the various competing nations that formed 'powder keg Europe'. Reality turned out a bit different...
@@kimwit1307 Was it not Bismarck that described the Balkans as a "Powder Keg?" And also that if and when the spark for a more generalised European wide configuration, it would most likely be from that direction?
@@frenzalrhomb6919 I think it's fair to say that at that time all of Europe was a powder keg, the balkans were the fuse and the assination was the spark that set it off...
The bottom line ? Very often Isms are deadly dangerous !!😢
I understand.
On a few Minor Technical Points,
1) a Top Car With NO REVERSE GEAR !
Like W.T.Fluff !
Couldn't They Afford One ! ?
2) Open-Top Limo'
Do You Think J.F.K. Should Have Read More History Books ?
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There was many others reasons to start war
See video.
“some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will set it off"-Otto von Bismarck
"This is no peace. It is an armistice for 20 years".-Ferdinand Foch
Interesting quotes.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand didnt visit Sarajevo casually, he was overseeing large military exercise organized on the western bank of Drina river. Drina was a Serbias western border.
Austro-Hungarian empire annex Bosnia from Turks and a local Slavic population was occupied again. Military exercise was organized to intimidate Serbia and suppress wishes of local population to reunite whit free Slavic states of Serbia and Monte Negro. Serbia tired and exhausted of Balkan wars didnt want escalation and send a warning of assassination plot to Wien, but was ignored.
Austro-Hungarian empire needed to suppress wishes of large Slavic population in Austro-Hungary to break out of empire rule.
Austria was supported by Germany. Germany that was greatest European industrial power needed resources and wanted reorganization of colonies. That will place Germany in constant conflict whit colonial France. Germany - French conflict was postponed on three occasions prior to Great War . France will ally whit Russian empire to secure from Germany.. Germany didnt want to start a to front war whit Russo French alliance alone but could not wait long. Germany needed to start a conflict before Russians build infrastructure ( railways financed by France ) what will make 2 front war difficult for Germans. Germany needed ally which they could rely on. Supporting a Austria-Hungary in conflict whit Serbia was a perfect situation.
Great Britain was not ally of Russo-French, but was unwilling to fight European continent united under Germans on a later stage, and was considering joining a conflict to prevent German rule over continental europe .
Fearing involvement of a Great Britain, Germany needed to finish building of Kiel canal before starting a war. Kiel Canal was important for Germans marine if Great Britain decide to join war. Building of Kiel Canal was completed in 1914.
Stage for great war was sat. Assassination will be used to start a conflict whit Serbia, and Serbias alliance whit Russia will be used to start a Great War.
Germany will attack France even before Russia declared war on Germany as a Austro-Hungarian ally. And Great Britain will use Germans invasion of Belgia to enter war, claiming breach of a neutralliti garantis for Belgium.
Thanks for sharing.
I stood on that same spot during the Bosnian war in 1995/6. It was pretty wild at the time, and very risky. I knew how Franz Ferdinand felt for a moment.
Incredible you were there at that time. What can you tell us about your experiences?
If Gavrilo would have known that by killing a monarch he will unleash the death of millions 4 crowns and a grudge that would lead to WW2 he would have tossed that gun away and just learned to live with all the other brothers in the balkans
I think so too.
Some more background:
Start with Franz Josef I Emperor of Austria, king of Hungary. Franz Josef's later years were marked by a series of tragedies in his family. In 1889 his only son and heir to the throne, Archduke Rudolf, committed suicide; Franz Josef's second younger brother, Karl Ludwig, had died in 1896 from illness due to bad water he drank while on a holy lands pilgrimage; in 1898 Elizabeth was assassinated by an Italian anarchist. Another brother Ludwig Viktor was "a homosexual and cross-dresser with a reputation as a libertine." and was later isolated in a castle away from the public.
Succession to the Austrian throne was not simple. Following the suicide of Franz Josef's only son Rudolf, the next in succession would have been Franz Josef's younger brother Maximillian. Maximillian, however, had been executed by a firing squad in Mexico in 1867 after a 3 year reign as Emperor of Mexico. Karl Ludwig's oldest son was Franz Ferdinand, who’s assassination would spark WWI.
Franz Ferdinand was not an especially cultured man, at times prideful and mistrusting, Franz lacked the charisma to make him socially and politically popular. His short temper and suspicious nature ensured that truly talented advisors did not last long in his cabinet-in-waiting. He became more reclusive following his morganatic marriage to Sophie Chotek von Chotkova in 1900. She was a noble just a step up from commoner, and any children would be barred from ruling. She was shunned or isolated by the other nobles, and Franz also was isolated due to his political ideas. Only in far off border posts were they treated well.
Recognizing growing the strains and pressures of nationalism among the many ethnic groups within Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand proposed to replace Austro-Hungarian dualism with 'Trialism,' a triple monarchy in which the empire's slavs would have an equal voice in government with the Germans and Magyars. Another possible variation Franz. was exploring was a form of federalism made up of 16 states. While such radical reforms might have saved the empire, they were not popular among those with vested interests in the existing structure. Serbia was also as uncomfortable with Franz Ferdinand's potential reforms as any group within the empire. Contented slavics living within the empire would not be likely to agitate for separation and to join with Serbia.
As Inspector General of the Army, Franz Ferdinand accepted an invitation to visit the far off provincial capital of Bosnia -- Sarajevo -- to inspect army maneuvers. The trip also provided an opportunity for both himself and Sophie to be seen as 'imperial.' So they were assassinated.
As a continuation of their disrespect, Franz Ferdinand & wife were buried in a crypt beneath the chapel of his castle, Artstetten, instead of the customary burial place of the Hapsburgs, Capuchin Crypt, in Vienna.
BTW, Germany, when Austria requested aid, told the Austrians they would support them with Serbia, but asked that the Austrians would send the note quickly while all were in shock and possibly no war would start. But because of Russian army maneuvers, Austria waited until they were over (almost a month) before sending the note to Serbia demanding loss of independence. And WWI started.
Thanks for sharing this additional information.
Hubsburgs were the most inbred monarchs in history. They married only between themselves.
That's why they behaved as they did.
oh man
be ready for the "NOT ZA REAL AH FLAG!" brigade
spoiler: it is fine, every other alternative sucks
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Yeah holtzendorf & Moltke are more culpable than Gavrilo.
I see.
Well, that guy is treated as saint by some Serbs....
In Belgrade there is a statue of him.
@@HistoryHustleBecause Gavrilo was a true hero, a freedom fighter. He was not an inbred Hubsburg.
Its completely false to call this "A direct cause of WW1". The proper word would be "justification".
You confuse explaining with justification.
@@HistoryHustleI don't think so. It would be like saying "direct cause of Israel invading Gaza was a massacre conducted by Hamas". Which would ofc. be wrong. Direct cause for Israeli invasion is the expansion of territory and broadening of security. Hamas attack was a justification or a casus belli. Ofc. that Mossad knew very well when and how Hamas was going to attack, but it was a price they were willing to pay.
Or saying that "direct cause of US invasion of middle east was the 9/11" which ofc. it wasn't. Direct cause of invasion was the theft of oil and other natural resources. 9/11 controlled demolition was a casus belli or justification.
Same as here. Direct cause of WW1 was Austrian desire to expand towards east in order to collect the spoils of crumbling Ottoman empire, set up collonies, punish Serbia for its pro-Russian policies, stop Russian empire expansion to the Balkans, justification or casus belli was the murder of Franz Ferdinand.
Its not like political circles in A-H monarchy were surprised that it happened, its not like they were surprised that Serbia rejected one single term in the ultimatum. They deliberately constructed the ultimatum in such a way that they knew up front that Serbia wouldn't be able to answer it.
No one wanted Franz dead more than the Austrian court, thus saying that his murder is a "direct cause" is not right. Its a justification or a casus belli.
@@HistoryHustle Stefan, I really like your videos and I appreciate what you do,, I liked this one too for your effort although I don't think you have studied this topic enough, but have just skimmed through Wikopedia and followed official narrative. They needed someone to blame, like Lee Harvey Oswald, Bin Laden etc. It wasn't Germany, Austria, Hungary who were killing, but one only boy and one small country in the Balkan is to blame for everything. It's like blaming the rape victim for the rape. I see that many people have commented with facts here and I hope it helps
@@HistoryHustleno, he didn't
After Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. The Croats and also the muslim population of Sarajevo went on the rampage against Serb businesses. The reason was that Serbian Princip had just shot the man who would have rearranged the Austrian-Hungarian Empire to include a Slavic component, something the Serbs didn't want as it would hamper their plans for a "Greater Serbia".
Well, 65% of Serbs in BiH those days..
What an awful day for europe as a whole. If this day never happened millions of soldiers would have never died and the 20th century would have been mich brighter for humankind.
Are you also blaming rape victims like this? Gavrilo and all members of Young Bosnia grew up and lived in the occupied territory. When you occupy a territory, such as USA-Afghanistan, you don't parade around the streets without serious military security and certainly not in an open vehicle like a clay pigeon.
@@sandrazecevic2650this guy was a piece of shit, a murderer and a terrorist. The security was not good enough, but yes I blame him.
Gavrilo Princip is not only to blame for the First World War but also indirectly for the Second World War. Without the Serbian nationalists, over 100 million people would not have died.
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Gavrilo Princip was a Yugoslav nationalist, not a Serbian one. He said this at the trial in Sarajevo. He advocated for the unification of all Yugoslav peoples, and in his organization Mlada Bosna there were members who were Croats, Muslims and Serbs.
''Gavrilo Princip, (born July 25 [July 13, Old Style], 1894, Obljaj, Bosnia-died April 28, 1918, Theresienstadt, Austria), South Slav nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort, Sophie, Duchess von Hohenberg (née Chotek), at Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914. Princip’s act gave Austria-Hungary the excuse that it had sought for opening hostilities against Serbia and thus precipitated World War I. In Yugoslavia-the South Slav state that he had envisioned-Princip came to be regarded as a national hero.
Born into a Bosnian Serb peasant family, Princip was trained in terrorism by the Serbian secret society known as the Black Hand (true name Ujedinjenje ili Smrt, “Union or Death”). Wanting to destroy Austro-Hungarian rule in the Balkans and to unite the South Slav peoples into a federal nation, he believed that the first step must be the assassination of a member of the Habsburg imperial family or a high official of the government.''
Wow, the history of German atrocities wiped out🎉
I want tanks to Austrian nation and especially to theirs royal family that they decided to join a hole like Bosnia to theirs kingdom. Sadly it didn't last long but every Croat and Bosniak has pride that theirs country once belonged to an advanced kingdom. 40 year of rules of Austria Hungarian is visible even today in countless building that they build. Croats will always stand with Austria, Germany and West. And Gavrilo Princip was a Gypsy. Not Serb than Gypsy. Homeless Gypsy.