The ultimatum is impossible for Serbia to accept and steps proceed to war between the two countries. What happens next is that Austria blames Serbia for fostering and supporting terrorist groups that oppose an Austro-Hungarian presence in the Balkans and issues an ultimatum. When the car stopped right in front of him he fired the revolver he had and was able with his two shots to kill Ferdinand and his wife. Following that the Arch Duke's party planned on returning to their base but on the way a mistake was made about the route by the driver and it provided Princip with his opportunity. The initial plan to assassinate the Arch Duke was by bomb which some members of the group threw at the car but missed. The Austro-Hungarian Empire controlled a large section of the Balkans and had continued despite wars of independence in that region. He was on a visit to the city to inspect the army. He and his six co-conspirators could have had no idea that a hundred years later their plan would still be discussed as one of the turning points of history.Īrch Duke Franz Ferdinand was heir to the Hapsburg Empire who controlled Sarajevo in Bosnia. The young man who fired the shot Gavrilo Princip was part of the Young Bosnia movement, a group of nationalists set on a united Yugoslavia away from Austro-Hungarian control. As everyone knows or will know after this summer that assassination led to the start of the First World War. On Saturday 28th of June it will be 100 years since the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated with his wife Sophie in Sarajevo.
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