The+Assassination

__The Assassination__

On 28 June, 1914 an event occured that changed the course of the world.

Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Ferdinand was assassinated by members of the //Ujedinjenje ili Smrt// (Union or Death), also known as the 'Black Hand', a terrorist organisation whose goal was an independent slav nation, in the form of a Greater Serbia.

The assassination causes tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia to reach boiling point. Within a month Europe was at war.

Below are links to the 'Days that Shook the World' episode on the assassination:

Part 1: []

Part 2: []

Part 3: []



A great video linking the causes of WW1: []