WORLD WAR I WHO WAS TO BLAME???

WWI BLAME Austria-Hungary Germany Blamed Serbia for terrorism Wanted to crush Serbian nationalism Germany Felt it must stand behind its ally, A-H GAME Russia Supported Slavic people Feared A-H wanted to rule all Slavic people England Felt a duty to protect Belgium Feared the German might across the English Channel France Backed Russia Felt it might someday need Russian support against Germany

JUNE 28 Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated by a member of the Black Hand (of Serbia)

JULY 1914 Austria demands Serbia to be punished Russia supports Serbia Austria and Russia both fearful of backing down vis-à-vis Serbia Schlieffen Plan mobilized on paper Alliances are a domino effect for European powers

GERMANY GIVES AUSTRIA-HUNGARY A BLANK CHECK JULY 5 GERMANY GIVES AUSTRIA-HUNGARY A BLANK CHECK

Austria sends an ultimatum to Serbia JULY 23 Austria sends an ultimatum to Serbia

JULY 28 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

July 29 Czar Nicholas II orders full mobilization of the Russian Army

August 1 Germany declares war on Russia

August 3 Germany declares war on France and issues an ultimatum to Belgium then invades to get to France

August 4 Great Britain declares war on Germany

Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia August 6 Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia

August 12 France and Great Britain declare war on Austria-Hungary

United States Declares Neutrality August 19 United States Declares Neutrality

Schlieffen Plan