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Why was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife the “trigger” to WWI?

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Why was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife the “trigger” to WWI?

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It wasn’t so much the trigger as it was the straw that broke the Camel’s back. Europe had been preparing for a great war for decades, ever since the Franco-Prussian war all of Europe was in a arms race, preparing for some future war. Germany and the UK were competing with each other to become the greatest naval power, France and Russia agreed to an alliance to protect themselves from Germany, Serbia allied with France to protect itself from Austria-Hungary, and Germany allied with Italy and Austria-Hungary to Protect itself. When Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, Austria-Hungary demanded massive reparations from Serbia, since it was Serbian nationalists who killed him. When Serbia couldn’t pay France vowed to protect them, and Austria called for Germany to back them up. In the end, Germany agreed to back Austria, Austria declared war on Serbia, France declared war on Austria Germany declared war on France, Russia declared war on Germany, and the UK declared war on Germany afte

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