How World War I Started: Crash Course World History #209
How World War I Started: Crash Course World History #209
In the summer of 1914, things got pretty heated. Serbian nationalists and an Austrian archduke unleashed tensions that had simmered in Europe for decades.
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 03:10 Why did Princeps and his co-conspirators target Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
- 04:00 Why didn’t Franz Ferdinand’s uncle, the Austrian emperor, like him?
- 05:50 Why was Austria’s ultimatum to Serbia important? And why was it important that it took a month for Austria to issue it?
- 07:30 John Green lays out the chronology that led up to World War I. What action taken by a national government started the hostilities?