World War One

June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary) and his wife Sophie (Countess Sophie Chotek),arrived by train at 10 am. They rode through the streets of Sarajevo in an open car, waving to the “little people”. Sarajevo was thecapital of Bosnia & Herzegovina under Austrian occupation (Imperialism).1 st attack: a grenade was thrown at the car, but it hit the hood, and detonated behind the car.The couple arrived safely at Town Hall, but Sophie insisted on seeing those injured by the blast.While traveling to the hospital, the car took a turn down a side street to a café where Gavrillo Princip approached the car andshot both (with a 1910 Browning pistol). It was approx. 11: 15 am.Sophie was shot in the abdomen, and Franz was shot in the jugular.When asked if he was hurt, Franz said, “Es ist nichts.” (it is nothing) then Franz said: “Sophie, Sterbe nicht! Bleibe am Lebenfur unsere Kinder!” (Sophie dear, don’t die. Stay alive for our children).This is clearly an early example of a DWA (Driving While Austrian) or a DUI (Driving Under Imperialism).The assassination set up a devastating chain of events in Europe. It was theinability to handle this crisis that caused Europe to crumble into disaster. The JulyCrisis was an immediate cause but the management of the crisis is what broughtthe European powers to war. Europe was a powder keg of background causesignited by a spark from this one immediate cause.The Black Hand of SerbiaGavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb who was called “weak and small” (he played too many hours of Grand Theft III and Doom). He wasa member of a group called Young Bosnia. This group was helped by the larger, better organized group called the Black Hand. TheBlack Hand was a secret Serbian group that demanded unification of all Serbian territory.This was called Pan-Slavic Nationalism (all territories with Slavic peoples Serbs, Croatians, Macedonians, Narnians).The Black Hand provided coordination, training, and supplied weapons. The Black Hand was secretly helped by members of theSerbian army (shhh….it’s a secret). They wanted to retaliate against Austria-Hungary for taking their territory under Imperialism.There were actually 7 men on the route that day.The 1 st man chickened out because he had police officers near him and the car passed by him safely.The 2 nd man (Cabrinovic) threw his hand grenade but forgot the 10 second delay (it bounced off the hood of the Archduke’scar and exploded behind them in the crowd.After that hand grenade went off (late) the others along the route lost their opportunity.Cabrinovic felt so stupid about botching the mission that he swallowed a cyanide (poison)capsule and jumped into the river. Well, the pill was really old so he vomited it back up, and theriver was only 4 inches deep so he was easily caught.Meanwhile, Gavrilo Princip had given up and gone to a café to have a cup of coffee when theArchduke’s car drove right up to him on the side street.10