Assassination in Sarajevo - Conspiracy

On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Countess Sophie were killed in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Bosnian nationalist group Young Bosnia. The event, known as the Assassination in Sarajevo, was one of the triggers of World War I. Assassination in Sarajevo - Background. Bosnia and Herzegovina had been occupied by Austria-Hungary in 1878 and annexed in 1908. Many Bosnians, particularly Bosnian Serbs, resented the occupation and ...

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Young Bosnia, a group of young Bosnian anarchists of various nationalities, was equipped with Fabrique Nationale de Herstal model 1910 pistols and bombs supplied by the Black Hand, a Serbian secret society with links to Serbian government. The level of involvement of the Black Hand is disputed. Some believe that it directly organized the attack and that Young Bosnia was in fact a subsidiary organization. Others point out that Young Bosnia was ideologically different from the Black Hand and so inexperienced that the Black Handers never really believed the attempt would be successful. Most people do agree that the Black ...

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Note: The exact course of events was never firmly established, mostly due to inconsistent stories of witnesses. The seven conspirators were inexperienced with weapons, and it was only due to an extraordinary set of coincidences that they were successful. At 10:15 the parade of 6 cars passed the first member of the group, Mehmedbašić, who attempted to shoot from an upstairs window, but couldn't get a clear shot and decided to hold fire so as not to jeopardize the mission by alerting the authorities. The second member, Nedeljko ...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina had been occupied by Austria-Hungary in 1878 and annexed in 1908. Many Bosnians, particularly Bosnian Serbs, resented the occupation and preferred unification with Serbia and/or other South Slavic lands. This resentment culminated in the assassination. The Austrian authorities picked 28 June, the date of Vidovdan, an important Serbian Orthodox holiday that commemorates St. Vitus, for the Archduke's visit. It was also the royal couple's fourteenth wedding anniversary. The Habsburg family had not considered Sophie ...

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During interrogation, Princip, Čabrinović and all the others maintained their vow of silence. The authorities thought the imprisonment would be arbitrary, until one member, Danilo Ilic, lost his patience and told the authorities everything, including the fact that the guns were supplied by the Serb government. Austria-Hungary blamed the government of Serbia for the assassination and issued an unrealistic ultimatum, which was known as the July Ultimatum. Austria-Hungary insisted that Serbia had to accept all of the conditions. ...

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