Causes of WW1

European countries wanted large empires so as to come accross with power and prestige.

British empire                   German Empire

      =                                = 

     Big                             Small

• Germany and Britain were fearfull of each others weapons and battleship count and so strove to build the most.

• The British launched a stronger and faster type of ship called a dreadnought

• Germany quickly started to build similar ships

• Alliance= When countries promise to support eachother in times of war

• Triple Alliance= Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

• Germany was worried it'd be attacked by France or Russia

• Triple Entente=France and Russia formed an alliance in 1893, Britain joined in 1907

• They thought Germany was getting to powerful

• Austia took over Bosnia
• A few Serbian People are upset cos they live over the border and dont want to be ruled by Austrians
• Apis (chief of Serbian Secret Service) haes Franz cos he's soon to be king of Austria-Hungary. He wants him dead.
• Apis hires som men who call themselves "The Black Hand Gang" to kill Franz
• TBHG's leader is Gavrillo Princip- he is dying of TB and has nothing to lose
• FF takes a tour of Sarajevo with his his pegnant wife sophie, this is where TBHG will kill him on the 28th June

• Princip has a pistol, and Cabrillovic has a grenade. they all have cyanide
• Franz has little security, but shields his wife from a grenade thrown by TBHG
• TBHG, shocked at Cabrillovic's failure, simply watch franz+ sophie go past
• Cabrillovic drinks cyanide and jumps in a river, but gets revived by the police
• Princip is shocked by his friend's failure, and goes to get something to eat
• Franz' driver takes a wrong turn and drives right by Princhip
• Princip fires two bullets, hitting the duke through the nech, and his pregnant wife through the stomach

• 28th June- The heir to the Austro-Hungairian throne, Franz, is assasinated in Bosnia
• Austria blames Serbia for the killing
• The Russian army gets ready to help Serbia defend it's self against the Austro-Hungairian attack
• Germany, Austria's ally, sends a demand to Russia ordering them to hold back from helping Serbia
• Austria declares war on Serbia, Belgrade is bombed
• Germany declares war on Russia, and begins to move its army towards France (Russia's ally)
• The French prepare to fight the German invasion
• Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium who are neutral
• Britain orders Germany to withdraw from Belgium
• The Germans are still in Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany
• Austria declares war on Russia