1.2 Europe goes to war

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1.2 Europe goes to war

Lesson objective=

What is the direct cause of the war?

Which causes of WWI do you recognize in the following cartoons?

The 

BALKANS=

The powder

KEG of Europe

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Direct cause (trigger) of the First World War

Gavrilo Princip assassinates Franz-Ferdinand and his wife

28th of June 1914

Why was Franz Ferdinand assassinated? 

• 1878 Serbia independent from

Ottoman Empire.

• 1908-1914 Tensions between A-H

and Serbia over Bosnia.  Serbs living

in Bosnia wanted that territory to 

become part of Serbia.

• Black Hand = secret military society formed

with the aim of uniting Serbs.

Assignment: Put events in chronological order

A) Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

B) Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia

C) Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

D) Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium

E) Germany declares war on Russia

F) Great Britain declares war on Germany

G) Russia mobilises 

Assignment: Put events in chronological order ANSWERS

B) Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia

A) Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 

C) Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 

G) Russia mobilises 

E) Germany declares war on Russia 

D) Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium

F) Great Britain declares war on Germany 

Get to work.....

• Make par 1.2 ( 1 up till 5, skip 3b)

1.2 Europe goes to war

Lesson objectives=

(What is the direct cause of the war?)

how it was to fight and live in the trenches?