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Although a couple of wars were fought on the European continent during the 19th hundred years, an uneasy tranquility was mostly retained over the continent for the majority of the 19th hundred years after Napoleon. Despite this ostensible tranquility, the Europeans were steadily conducting hands races against each other, particularly Germany and Britain. Britain have been the world's most important naval power for years and years, but Germany hoped to generate its way to naval supremacy. The rest of Europe joined up with in on the hands competition in the 10 years before the war started. With Europe anticipating a potential war, all that was absent was a conflagration. That would start in 1908, when Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Balkan Peninsula, pulling it into dispute with Russia. Additionally, this upset neighboring Serbia, that was an independent land. From 1912-1913, a discord was fought in the Balkans between the Balkan Group and the Ottoman Empire, leading to the weakening of the Ottoman Turks. Following the First Balkan War, another was fought calendar months later between associates of the Balkan Group itself. The ultimate straw arrived June 28, 1914, whenever a Serbian assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Austria-Hungary immediately released ultimatums to Serbia, but when they declared war on Serbia July 28, 1914, Russia mobilized for war as well. The Germans mobilized in response to Russia on July 30, and the People from france, still smarting from the Franco-Prussian War, mobilized for war against Germany. The English also declared war on Germany on August 4. Thus, in the span of one week, six countries had declared war, half of which had no desire for the Balkans. Though no one can know for sure, it's entirely possible that World War I would have still busted out even if Franz Ferdinand was not murdered. Irrespective of happenings in the Balkans, Germany was already bellicose, France and Austria were concerned and engaged, Russia was outwardly competitive but also coping with internal dissatisfaction, Italy was poised on the brink, and Britain was eager to remain aloof but focused on its continental allies and a bunch of smaller countries clamoring for independence. Europe was too explosive to be rescued by any but the best of diplomats, if at all. The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: THE ANNALS and Legacy of the function That Triggered World War I chronicles the annals and legacy of one of the 20th century's most significant events.
