how the assassination of one person sparked the start of WW1
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Serbian nationalists assassinate the heir to the Austrian throne. Austria exploits the situation to issue an impossible ultimatum against Serbia, which Serbia can’t accept. Russia, the self-proclaimed protector of Slavic honor and looking to salvage its prestige after its humiliation against Japan in 1905, tells Austria it will go to war to defend Serbia. Germany, Austria’s ally, tells Russia it will go to war to defend Austria. France, Russia’s ally, tells Germany it will go to war to defend Russia. Britain tells everyone that if Belgium is invaded they will go to war. Austria then invades Serbia, Russia declares war on Austria, Germany declares war on Russia, France declares war on Germany, Britain declares war on Germany after Germany invades France through Belgium, and the world was at war.
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