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        THE BLACK HAND AND THE ASSASSINATION

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        THE BLACK HAND AND THE ASSASSINATION

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Following Archduke Franz Ferdinand's death, Austria proposed an ultimatum to Serbia. The Royal Serbian Government was demanded to "[provide] a formal assurance that they condemn this dangerous propaganda against the Monarchy... [and] to accept the collaboration in Serbia of the representatives of the Austrian-Hungarian Government for the suppression of the subversive movement". says the Austro-Hungarian Red Book. No. 7.

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          The Black Hand on the Date of Assassination

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          The Black Hand on the Date of Assassination

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In Document 1 of the DBQ Discussion Packet, The Triple Alliance and The Entente both had been building up their militaries. This was a result as the death of Austria's Archduke had occurred. It was stated that, "Austrian Grand Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo in Serbia."

Another source had mentioned, "The Archduke and his wife were shot at point-blank range as they rode through the streets of Sarajevo in an open car." (Root Causes of WW1: MANIA)

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reason 3 / research 2

After shooting The Archduke and his wife, Sophie, Princip had attempted to shoot himself as well but was apprehended by bystanders. He had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary because he was not illegible to receive the death penalty because of his young age of 19. Throughout Austria, many protests had broken out who were anti-Serbian. “This set the Triple Alliance (Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy) against Serbia’s allies in the Triple Entente (Russia, France and Britain). “

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Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of the Archduke and his wife

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Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of the Archduke and his wife

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research 1 / background info.

The Black Hand was "A secret society that was formed in 1911, consisting of Serbian officers and government officials who wanted to claim annexed Bosnia". They launched terrorist attacks on Austrian targets, and were responsible for the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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Colonel Dragutin Dimitirjevic was the main leader and was in charge of the Black hand. He led the plotting of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. He trained 7 assassins and smuggled them into Bosnia. His plans went off without a hitch, because of his previous knowledge. In 1903,  he led the assassination of Serbia's King Alexander, which put him the head of Serbia's intelligence agency

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The Black Hand terrorized from 1911 to the year 1917. After the assassination, "Colonel Dimitrijević was executed after having been found guilty of treason in the Salonica trial." Besides Dimitrijevic, Serbian military officials arrested over 200 associates, which ultimately destroyed the group.

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The alliances could have been a possible cause of World War 1 due to their domino effect. Since Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia who was an ally, mobilized their military and helped them fight. Since Austria was now fighting a stronger opponent, Germany, also a member of the triple alliance along with Italy, declared war with not only Russia, but Russia's ally France. Since two thirds of the triple entente, were involved, Great Britain joined the war. Although all of these alliances contributed to countries joining the war, war never would have been declared in the first place, if Austria never had angry feelings towards Serbia because of the Black Hand's assassination.

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How the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Unfolded with Dan Snow