The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What lead up to the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The main tension in the lead-up to this assassination is between the Empire of Austria Hungry and the Balkin nation of Serbia. The specific area in contention was the lower area in the Austrian Empire named Bosnia-Herzegovina; this area is an ethnic mix of Croations, Serbians, and Bosniaks. This territory would only be annexed into Austria Hungry in 1908 as a way to prevent the creation of a Greater Serbia, a power Austria feared would destabilize its own position. This would cause tension between both of these states leading to Serbia actively funding subversive activities against Austria. Such activities would include the posting of anti-Austrian propaganda posters and supporting terrorist groups like the Black Hand.
This tension would come to ahead as the Archduke would publicly announce that he would be publically attending military maneuvers and a parade in his honor. The date chosen, June 28th, 1914, was a special place in Serbian memory as it is the holiday of St. Vitus’s Day, the day Serbians lost independence to the Ottoman empire in 1389. In choosing this specific date, Franz Ferdinand would guarantee the chance of agitation, at the minimum, a terrorist attack at the maximum.
How the assassination happened.
Sources for Pictures
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferdinand_Schmutzer_-_Franz_Ferdinand_von_%C3%96sterreich-Este,_um_1914.jpg
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gavrilo_Princip_cropped.jpg
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