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The Effects of World War I on European Society
Persia, The Ottoman Empire, Serbia, Montenegro, Spanish Morroco, these are names of countries that are no longer with us today, but were major European countries before the outbreak of World War I. With the new inventions of the theatre and automobiles, Europe was on an upswing. That all ended on June 18, 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne.
Gavrilo Princip, a student, shot and killed the Archduke. Princip was a member of Young Bosnia, a group that wanted the unification of the South Slavs, and independence from Austria-Hungary. On July 23, 1914, Serbia was sent a list of ultimatums, some so extreme that the Serbs rejected the sixth demand. The Serbians, relying on support from Russia, removed acceptance of the sixth key demand (the draft reply had accepted it), and the Serb nation mobilized its troops. In response to this, Austria-Hungary issued a declaration of war......

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