archduke franz ferdinand assassinated the heir to the austro-hungarian throne.
archduke franz ferdinand assassinated the heir to the austro-hungarian throne.
who assassinated the heir to the austro-hungarian throne?
archduke franz ferdinand
the idea of a unified south slavic state (typically expected to be spearheaded by independent serbia) became a popular political ideology in the region at this time, including in bosnia and herzegovina. the austro-hungarian government's decision to formally annex bosnia-herzegovina in 1908 (the bosnian crisis) added to a sense of urgency among these nationalists. the political tensions caused by all this culminated on 28 june 1914, when a young bosnia revolutionary named gavrilo princip assassinated the heir to the austro-hungarian throne, archduke franz ferdinand, in sarajevo. the event set off a chain of events that led to the outbreak of world war i. although 10% of the bosniak population died serving in the armies or being killed by the various warring states, bosnia and herzegovina itself managed to escape the conflict relatively unscathed.
history of bosnia and herzegovina
on 28 june 1914, archduke franz ferdinand, the heir to the austro-hungarian throne, was assassinated in sarajevo; the assassination sparked the july crisis and ultimately the first world war, which broke out a month later on 28 july. the german battlecruiser , which had been assigned to the mediterranean division, sought the protection of the austro-hungarian fleet, and so admiral anton haus sent the fleet, including "kaiser karl vi", south on 7 august to assist his german ally. "goeben"s commander, admiral wilhelm souchon, intended to use the austro-hungarian move as a feint to distract the british mediterranean fleet which was pursuing "goeben"; souchon instead took his ship to constantinople in the ottoman empire. their decoy mission complete, "kaiser karl vi" and the rest of the fleet returned to port without engaging any british forces.
sms kaiser karl vi