what was the immediate cause of the first world war
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Immediate Cause .
On 28 th June , 1914 , the heir to the throne of Austria Hungary , Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo , the capital of Bosnia .
The assassination was organized by a secret society called Black Hand or the Union of Death .
Their motive was to unite all Serbians to form a single Serbian state.
Austria served an ultimatum on Serbia demanding eleven demands.
As Serbia did not accept all demands , Austria declared the War on Serbia.
Soon all countries joined the War.
This was the immediate cause.
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