World War 1 Case

World War 1 had been triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne by a man named Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian terrorist who was a citizen of Austria-Hungary. The retaliation by Austria-Hungary towards the Kingdom of Serbia was very serious because it triggered WW1. The assassination created a set of retaliations with a series of alliances that were allies with Austria-Hungary and Serbia. This set off a chain reaction of war declarations. Within a month, much of Europe was in a state of open warfare. Germany did not bare the sole responsibility for WW1 but they did play a big role in the cause of it because of the 'blank cheque' they gave Austria-Hungary. Germany had a small amount of responsibility more then any other country for the cause of WW1, but they only have this role because of the promise they had with Austria-Hungary. But this role is just like any other countries promise to help their allies if they went to war. But the terrorist Gavrilo Princip was really to blame for WW1 because of his assassination.

The 'blank cheque' that was given to Austria-Hungary by Germany meant that if anybody attacks Austria-Hungary, they will get help and support from Germany. And since Austria-Hungary had their heir to the throne assassinated by a Serbian terrorist named Gavrilo Princip, Germany gave back-up to Austria-Hungary to attack Serbia. And so, they did. This is because Austria-Hungary figured Serbia was responsible because the terrorist was Serbian. This led Austria-Hungary to declared war on Serbia, which made the allies with Serbia and Austria-Hungary fight because of their alliance treaties. So the 'blank cheque' was a way of saying that Germany will support Austria-Hungary with their attack on Serbia.