why did war break out in europe 1914

Why did war break out
In Europe in 1914

The war of 1914 broke out for many reasons, such as the alliances, the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand , the failure of Germany sticking to the agreement of Belgium being a neutral country, the rivalry between Britain and Germany in the navies race and the Germans Kaisers wish to dominate Europe. Many of these are long-term causes some are short-term. But each of them had a role in the first world war breaking out.

The first cause that started off the rivalry between countries was the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand , the countries involved were Bosnia and Austria-Hungary this soon later brought in the alliances. The archduke was killed by a gang called the black hand gang, Ferdinand was on a visit to Sarajevo when he was murdered as there was rivalry between Bosnia and Austria-Hungary as the Bosnians didn’t like being part of Austria-Hungary.

Almost a month later Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and th...