THE PRELUDE
TO WAR!
I. The Assassination
A. Sarajevo was the
capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
1. This area
was predominately Serbian.
2. The
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophia
were
on a mission of Goodwill.
3. Austria-Hungary had just been given Bosnia-Herzegovina
from
the Congress of Berlin.
4. Gavrillo Princip assassinated the Archduke and his wife. The
assassin
was a member of the Black Hand society opposed
to
Austro-Hungarian rule.
5.
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
II. THE ULTIMATUM
A. The Serbian Government would
condemn......