Name: World War I: The Seminal Tragedy - The July Crisis - Extra History - #3
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We open on an Austrian  delegation arriving in Potsdam.

It is now a week after the  assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

who they think are behind the  group of ragged young men

they decide they must consult  with their much stronger ally:

They've been restrained  before by Germany,

so they need to know  what Germany plans to do.

They go to the Kaiser and  tell him that this is intolerable,

that they cannot abide  such a humiliation,

that they cannot let this act of  terrorism go unpunished.

And the Kaiser says to them,  “We'll back you, whatever you do.

Germany is behind you,  without reservation.”

The Kaiser thinks that  general war can be avoided,

that if the Austrians strike while all of Europe  is enraged over this assassination,

if they act while the brutal slaughter  of the Archduke and Duchess

no one will raise a  finger to defend Serbia.

even if the Russian Empire decided that  they wanted to protect their Serbian allies,

if the Austrians can strike quickly  it'll be a fait accompli

The war will be over before the  Russians can mobilize their forces.

This is what he thinks as  he tells the Austrian delegation

that Germany will back  them whatever they do.

on a boat for three weeks,  where he can't be reached.

So the Austrians come home,  German assurances in hand,

The Hungarian part of their  empire initially objects to war.

They hoped that a peaceful  solution might be found.

Where were the other voices of reason  or the other arguments for peace?

The Archduke was perhaps the greatest  defender of the Serbs in the Empire,

the parties for war simply  had to point to his death and say,

“He was their greatest friend  and look what they did to him!

What do you think  they're gonna do to us?”

So, at last, the Hungarians  relented on one condition,

a condition that will be  important later--

that the Austro-Hungarian Empire  would not annex a foot of Serbian land.

And with that, the Austrians began  drafting an ultimatum to Serbia.

But this ultimatum is delayed  by a chance for peace.

in Belgrade, the very capital  in the center of this crisis,

are two of the only men  farsighted enough

to see the clouds gathering  on the edge of Europe.

They are the ambassador from Austria  and the ambassador from Russia to Serbia.

They both have come to the same  conclusion about where this storm will end,

so they plan to put aside  their differences

and meet to perhaps  work out a plan for peace.

On the 10th of July, the Russian  ambassador arrives

at the house of the ambassador  from Austria-Hungary.

All that's left is one final meeting  to perhaps smooth out tensions,

Both sides are open,  things are going well,

The Russian ambassador  falls dead of a heart attack.

Rumors circulate that they had the  Russian ambassador assassinated,

that the Austrian ambassador  killed him in his own house.

Worse still, this leaves the Russians  without an ambassador in Serbia.

As events begin  to accelerate toward war,

they have no diplomatic channel  at the center of everything.

They have nobody with the experience,  connections, or familiarity with Serbia

that the former ambassador  had to send out.

And even if they did, it'd take  weeks to get them appointed

But with this last overture  turning to catastrophe,

the Austrians decide it's finally  time to send their ultimatum.

You see, President Poincaré  the leader of France,

is going to Russia  to meet with the czar.

And the Austrians, ever nervous,  decide that they can't send the ultimatum

while their two greatest adversaries  are meeting together in the same place.

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World War I: The Seminal Tragedy - The July Crisis - Extra History - #3

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