Why did WW1 Break Out?

Why did WW1 Break Out?

1. Immediate - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

   • Spark that started war
   • Sarajevo - Bosnia
     • Taken over by Austria-Hungary in 1908
   • Inspecting Military with Wife Sophie (pregnant)
   • Wore 7 badges and bulletproof vest for luck
   • Third assassin threw a bomb but forgot about timer.
     • Tried to kill himself in shallow river
   • Car turned wrong way, Gavrilo Princip killed both Sophie, and Ferdinand

2. Long Term - Economic Rivalry

   • Germany and Britain
     • Germany had rapid industrialisation, products rivalled with Britain's.
     • Britain introduced Dreadnought and then Germany copied.
       • Britains Economic strength failing. USA and Germany's selling of steel and coal.
   • France and Germany
     • France had to import coal from other countries as Germany took Alsace-Lorraine