Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Friday, March 23, 2018

Historian to focus on start of WWI in talk at Seymour Public Library


Assassination of Franz-Fedinand and Sophie on June 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the attack. 
As Russia supported Serbia, Austro-Hungarian declaration of was was delayed until assurances from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm that Germany would ally with them in the event of Russian intervention.


*Info shared from Seymour Public Library Facebook page.