WHY DID WORLD WAR 1 BEGIN?

The Archaduke Assasinated

Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assasinated by Bosnian nationalists Gavrilo Princip while he was in Sarajevo

WHY DID WORLD WAR 1 BEGIN?

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Aug 4, 1914

Austria-Hungary sends demands to Serbia

Jul 23, 1914

Unrealistic demands sent to the Serbian government, hoping they will refuse for an excuse to declare war on Serbia

Serbia agrees with most of the demands and prepares for war

Jul 25, 1914

Serbia accepts 9 out of the 10 demands and gets ready for the strike that Austria-Hungary where planning,Russia decides to help Serbia, Russia advises Austria-Hungary not to invade

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

Jul 28, 1914

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia but knows Russia will help so they get the help of Germany to help win the war

Russia gets ready for war

Jul 30, 1914

Russia mobilises its forces , declares war on Austria-Hungary, Germany help Austria-Hungary and Russia's plans are ruined, new stategies must be created

Austria-Hungary readies up for war

Jul 31, 1914

Germany sends remarks to Russia to demobilize their troops but Russia disagrees because that would mean demobilizing them from Austria-Hungary

Germany declares war

Aug 1, 1914

Germany gets ready to attack Russia and France and declares war on Russia

France gets ready to attack Germany

Aug 1, 1914

Germany invade Luxembourg

Aug 2, 1914

Germany declares war on France

Aug 3, 1914

Britian warns Germany not to invade Belgium

The beggining of World War 1

Aug 4, 1914

Germany invades Britian. Britian declares war on Germany, the beggining of WW1