Examples Of Who Was Responsible For Ww1

As tensions rose in twentieth century Europe with possible assassinations and civil unrest there were a lot of factors that led up to the beginning of World War one. The first world war was one of the most tragic events in the 20th century. It defined this century with over nine million soldiers and a large number of innocent civilians losing their lives. So for today's investigation we determine who was ultimately responsible for WWI. There are four suspects in this allegation. Kaiser Wilhelm II from Germany, Emperor Francis Joseph from Austria-Hungary,Czar Nicholes II from Russia, and Gavrillo Princip from Serbia. Of these four there are two main suspects that caused the beginning of WWI . One may say Gavrillo Princip is responsible for

One may say Gavrillo Princip is responsible for starting WW1 because he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of Austria-Hungary. Gavrilo Princip is a young man from Serbia who was in a criminal organization named the Black Hand and disliked Austria-Hungary because of them Bosnia was annexed into A-H and he believed that Franz had something to do with it. So on June 28 1914 when Franz and his wife visited Sarajevo, Gavrillo on behalf of the Black Hand was going to assassinate him. After some failed attempts he finally shot two shots at Franz and his wife, killing them both. The trial of this case started on October 12 1914 and he said on page 6 document 1 “In trying to insinuate that

Kaiser Wilhelm II the ruler of Germany is a man that always wanted glory with one of his arms being deformed deformed and being from a prestigious family who has many ties, his grandmother, Queen Victoria of England and his first cousins include Czar Nicholas II Germany and Austria-Hungary are great allies even before the war and when Austria-Hungary pressed Serbia about the ultimatum that they had given Serbia for being allegedly involved in the assassination of Franz Ferdinand the heir of the Austrian-Hungarian throne. When Serbia disagreed with some of the terms Austria-Hungary declared war on them. This caused Nicholas II of Russia to be concerned for Serbia, so he asked the Kaiser to reason with Austria-Hungary in there telegrams but the Kaiser wasn’t having it. On document 6 page 12 the Kaiser wrote “But as I told you in my first telegram, I cannot consider Austrias action against Serbia an “Ignoble” war. Austria knows by experience that Serbian promises on paper are wholly unreliable. I understand its action must be judged as trending to get full guarantee that the Serbian promises shall become real facts.This my reasoning is borne out by the statement of the Austrian cabinet that Austria does not want to make any territorial conquests at the expense of Serbia. I therefore suggest that it would be quite possible for