Who was responsible

[krrish]

On June 28 1914,Archduke Franz Ferdinand,heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb citizen.History tells that this is the cause of the first world war.The war spreaded quickly from Europe to entire part of the world & it became the first global war.And the result was 20 million deaths & 20 millions injuries.Who were responsible for this huge loss ?Can we say that only Austria-Hungary was responsible ?

[Froix]

We can say the assassination of Franz Ferdinand started the war or the man who killed him did or Austria-Hungary but talking about who was responsible would be a different matter. From what's been written in history books it seems the first world war was something that's been waiting to happen and Franz Ferdinand's death was just the excuse. So in a way they were all responsible.