[b][size=29][center]Causes[/b][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Image:WWIchartX.svg][/url][/center]
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[size=29][center]A graphic depiction of the state of international relations in pre-WWI Europe. Italy joined the Triple Entente in April 1915
On 28 June 1914, [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Gavrilo_Princip][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]Gavrilo Princip[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29], a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Bosnian_Serb][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]Bosnian Serb[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29] student, shot and killed [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]Archduke Franz Ferdinand[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29], heir to the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Emperors_of_Austria][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]Austro-Hungarian throne[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29] in [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Sarajevo][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]Sarajevo[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29]. Princip was a member of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Young_Bosnia][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]Young Bosnia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29], a group whose aims included the unification of the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/South_Slavs][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]South Slavs[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29] and independence from Austria-Hungary. The [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Assassination_in_Sarajevo][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]assassination in Sarajevo[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29] set into motion a series of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/World_War_I/lJuly_crisis_and_declarations_of_war][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]fast-moving events[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29] that eventually escalated into full-scale war.[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-6][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff][7][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29] Austria-Hungary demanded action by [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Serbia][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]Serbia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29] to punish those responsible and, when Austria-Hungary deemed Serbia had not complied, declared war. Major European powers were at war within weeks because of overlapping agreements for [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Collective_defense][u][size=29][color:c78a=#0000ff]collective defense[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=29] and the complex nature of international alliances[/center]
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