Brandon said 3/24...

Today we started off class by looking at a picture taken on June 28,1914 of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the next heir of Austria-Hungary, and Duchess Sophie his wife, driving in Serbia the day of their traditional Holiday and it was also the day of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination. the cause of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination was the growing hatred in the Balkan States towards Austria-Hungary or any power attempting to take over. the Balkan States were so unstable they were given the name "The Powder Keg" which meant one little thing wrong and they will snap. the head player in the Balkan States was Serbia and when word reached them that the Archduke was coming to Serbia, the Serbians began to plot the assassination. Archduke Franz Ferdinand purposely chose the day of Serbia's holiday because he wanted to rub his power in their face, but that was a huge misconception. the main plots of the assassination were developed by a group called the Black Hand, which composed of all teens. the Black Hand's plots weren't the most successful plots around, but they did put a lot of effort and attempts into it. Mrs. Separ told use stories of the Black hands unfortunate failures, such as premature explosion of bombing attempts, or delayed explosions, as well as failed suicide attempts by the gang members. after the embarrassing failures, the teens went to a pub to drink the memories away, but unexpectedly the Archduke turned down the block of the pub, and a teen the name of Princep got his chance to assassinate the Archduke. Princep took out his gun and killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand,his wife and the driver. these men were arrested but when this assassination reached Austria-Hungary they were very mad. on July 23rd Austria-Hungary sent an ultimatum to Serbia a ultimatum is a threat saying follow these commands or we will declare war. Serbia declining the ultimatum saying it wasn't the government who planned this it was the people and also they didn't agree with some of the commands, this waged war amongst Austria-Hungary and Serbia. When word reached Russia, they immediately mobilize troops to a close spot near the border of the Balkan states, as Russia believes that the Balkan States should be part of Russia as they are both Slavic. Germany confused on what's going on, sends a letter to Russia telling them to back off or we will declare war, but the only thing Russia does is send more troops. along the road Germany declares war on Russia. With Russia's need for help, France joins in but doesn't declare war first but Germany did. with 2 out of 3 Triple Entente in war, it was up to GB to join in, but they said GB will only join if it interferes with them and clearly says to Germany don't invade Belgium(neutral nation since 1815) or we will declare war. Germany thinking who the hell do you think you are invades Belgium and is now in a 3 way war with GB,France and Russia. the nations were no longer called alliances as now they are called...
Central Powers- Germany,Austria-Hungary and Ottomans
Allied Powers- France,Great Britain, and Russia
Russia ends up leaving in 1917 due to internal conflict
not until 1917 does the US and Italy enter.
the war starts in 1914 and ends in 1918

Also, map is due tomorrow.

Tomorrow's blogger is Rachel, Brandon forgot to name one so I am. Blog even if I am not in class.