>1903: serbia military massacres entire pro-austrian royal family and installs new anti-austrian family>1909: serbia promises AH to "stop" anti-austrian terrorism (never follows through)>meanwhile black hand's leader (apis) is head of military intelligence (who lead the 1903 coup)>assassination attempt on governor of bosnia and others by black hand>serbia does nothing to stop this>1914: black hand assassinates the archduke>serbia KNEW of this plot weeks beforehand and did not properly warn AH>serbia's "investigation" ends in a week and concludes no connection to belgrade>serbia claims one of the plotters "never existed" at all>AH realizes diplomacy will never work and sends ultimatum>serbia refuses the one point that would actually let AH verify their "investigation" (allowing AH investigators into serbia)
>>85317575WWI hot takes just don't have the same impact as WWII hot takes.
>>85317575Based. And then Russia (at the behest of the UK) pushed hard to back the Serbs up, despite the Germans telling them to stay the fuck out.Other thing to remember is WWI is actually about the Ottomans, and all the great powers jockeying for a slice of the pie >>85317634WWII doesn't exist without WWI. So I actually think WWI hot takes are MORE impactful.
