Origins of WW1

Origins of WW1

1. The Alliance System

   • The treaties were secret so rival countries thought they were aggressive.
   • It turned local disputes into wider hostilities.

2. The arms race

   • Made countries militarily stronger
   • Made countries more aggressive.

3. The naval race

4. The Moroccan Crises

5. The Bosnian Crisis

6. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

   • Triggered the war
   • assassinated by the Black Hand gang
     • Gavrilo Prinzip
     • They were Serbs led by Colonel Apis
     • They did not want him to get the throne (of the Austro-Hungarian empire) and pacify Bosnians, making it harder for the Serbs to unite all Slavs
       • They wanted to destabilise the Austro-Hungarian empire and make public their opposition of the annexation of Bosnia
   • was on the 28th June 1914
   • In Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia