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During a lightly guarded event where Franz Ferdinand was touring between and around different places he was shot in the neck along with his wife;
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Following Franz Ferdinand's assassination, Austria decided to turn to Germany for help against Serbia. Germany agreed to Serbia's terms and promised to help them in theyre future conflicts with the country of Austria.
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During the trifles between Austria and Serbia, Germany offered Austria something known as the blank check. The blank check was a declaration from Germany that they would unconditionally support Austria in whatever they chose to do in response to Serbia.
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Following the insurance of Germany's support, Austria issued the "hard-line" policy. This was in the hopes that they would swiftly wipe out Serbia with Germany backing them. This ended up backfiring.
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Serbia's denial of the ultimatum was mostly, "We didn't know that our people were protesting and causing ripples for you." This only proved to sway Austria against them even further.
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Due to Serbia's denial of the ultimatum, Austria declared a war against them; knowing of their German support. The declaration had caused tensions in many other countries such as Russia and Great Britian.
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Bound to Serbia through a treaty, Russia sent a defense that took six weeks to arrive, basically declaring war on Austria and Germany
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Bound to alliance as well, Germany was forced to go to war against Russia in Austria's defense.
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Allied to France in their involvement by a more loosely worded treaty; known as the, "75 year treaty" which placed a "moral obligation" upon her to defend them. Declared war against Germany on the 4th of August.
