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    The crazy thing about ww1 is the events leading up to it. Franz josef on the grand scheme of things really wasnt as major as it has been made out to seem. Europe at that time was a powder keg and that just lit the fuse
    (thats what happens when you stick a bunch of egotistical absolute rulers with modern militaries in a land mass the size or smaller than america)

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    Franz Josef was just a person. While he wasn't important by the time of the assassination, he was the heir to the Austrian Dual Monarchy, and would surely continue the policies of his predecessors in regards to imperialism on the Balkans and expansion against the old Ottoman dependencies. The fact that he was visitting Bosnia goes to show that he viewed the protectorate as a part of his Empire, which would soon incorporate Serbia in the likes of Bosnia.
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    Except that Franz Jozef was the emperor and the heir, the fellow who got assassinated, was archduke Franz Ferdinand...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
    Except that Franz Jozef was the emperor and the heir, the fellow who got assassinated, was archduke Franz Ferdinand...
    Bleh. I always get confused with them Franzs. >_> I was thinking Franz *Insert Random Name here* was the heir of the Austria-Hungary :P
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    I think it's amazing because, like you guys are saying, "Franz" was not really all that significant in the grand scheme of things.

    His death was used as a pretext for Austria to steal land.

    Austria stealing land was a pretext for Russia to mobilize, because THEY wanted more land.

    Russia's mobilization was a pretext for Germany to mobilize, because they'd been scheming for global domination for decades.

    And Germany's mobilization scared the French into counter-mobilizing, and also perhaps as a pretext to regain Alsace and all those places they'd been fighting Germany over for how long...

    So, in the end, everybody bluffed to get what they wanted, and they each called each others' bluffs, and.......

    Truly an unbelievable series of messed-up politics.
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    Marks are out. I got a 3 in a range of 0 to 4. My teacher said I didn't get a full mark due to technical issues (Lack of references). He said that otherwise it was a good essay.
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    Well done! You should post it in the Monestary; collect a few balloons! :)

    Erg; I always have trouble citing my sources. It always interrupts my train of thought!
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