46.7k views
2 votes
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand might have remained a localized incident if____. A. Germany still had an alliance with Russia. B. Britain had not signed a treaty with Belgium. C. Luxembourg had resisted Germany's invasion. D. Germany had invaded France directly

User Svarrall
by
7.5k points

2 Answers

7 votes
A. Germany still had an alliance with Russia

Russia, having its treaty alliance with France, have found itself war against Germany in which it started the first world war.
User Killian Huyghe
by
7.6k points
2 votes

Correct answer choice is :

A) Germany still had an alliance with Russia

Step-by-step explanation:

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir possible to the Austro-Hungarian royalty, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, happened on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo during they were mortally injured by Gavrilo Princip. Princip was one of a society of six murderers organized by Danilo Ilić, a Bosnian Serb and a part of the Black Hand secret organization. The federal purpose of the murder was to cut off Austria-Hungary's South Slav territories so they could be merged into a Yugoslavia.

User Scaevity
by
7.9k points