World War I

World War I

Introduction

The war began in the mid of May , year 1914 . A Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip , fired shots from his revolver under an oak tree , aiming to murder Archduke Franz Ferdinand , the sole heir to the Habsburg throne , the Austria-Hungary supremacy . This happened as he and his wife visited Sarajevo , the Bosnian capital . The plot to murder the archduke is a part of Princip 's training and it was directed by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijevic , otherwise known as the Apis , or The Bull . Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijevic is the

head of the Serbian military intelligence during the time of assasination . Bosnia-Hercegovina , then , was under the rule of Austria-Hungary , that which Archduke Franz Ferdinand is scheduled to succeed . Princip did not only successfully accomplish the murder of the archduke . He did fire a shot that killed his wife , Sofie as well . She passed away in few minutes with his husband (Strachan 1998

This single instance of this assassination triggered the First World War , which is further referred to as The War to End All Wars . It was in July 28 of the same year that Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia . At first , this was supposed to be the third Balkan war , but it did eventually become the World War I . Initially , the Austrian government would like to Serbia to take responsibility of what had happened and to fully allow Austrian investigators to take part in the case investigation and proceedings . At this point , Austria-Hungary was already assured of an exclusive , unconditional support by the Germans should the war break out . The Serbian government , on the other hand , has been able to solicit the support of Russia , which is already considered as a big powerful nation then . Serbia agreed to all terms subjected to them , except to the one that allows the involvement of the Austrian agents in the case . Serbia believed that this is another issue of violation of their already marred sovereignty by the same nation (Strachan 1998

Both Russia and Austria-Hungary mobilized their armies during the long stand-off . Germany , however , set an ultimatum to Russia to stop their army mobilization in no less than 12 hours . After the ultimatum has expired and Russia did not respond , Germany then declared war on Russia Germany started with the occupation of Luxembourg , aiming to get Belgium as well . The German wanted a free passage from Belgium into France , but the former disagreed to it . During this point in time , Belgium , France and Britain are all on neutral position with regards to the war . But by August 3 , Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium because their free passage was not granted (Strachan 1998

This then triggered Britain to declare war against Germany . Thus , the formation of the Allied Powers , led by Britain , France , and Russia came about . Later on , they are joined in by Italy and the United States army They all unite in full force against the Central Powers , which , on the other hand , were composed of Germany...