World War I: The Relations Between Serbia And Serbia

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World War I began on the 28th of June with the assassination of the Archduke François Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia. A Serbian nationalist is the culprit. Since the Archduke was Austro-Hungarian, this is a good excuse for the Austria-Hungarian Empire to pressure Yugoslavia and in particular Serbia. The relations between the empire and Serbia had been tense and Austria-Hungary addresses an ultimatum to Serbia July 23rd in which it basically imposes Serbians to accept the presence of Austro-Hungarian police to investigate the murder of their Archduke. Serbia doesn’t want another empire’s police on their territory and refuse to be controlled. This is when Austria-Hungary declares war to Serbia. At this point, alliances start to form. Russia partners