That war was a fire looking for a spark. The assassination was an excuse, not the cause.
And this from wiki p... The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty between Britain and France signed on May 16, 1916, that divided the Ottoman Empire’s territories in the Arab Orient and Anatolia.
Oil oil not olive oil
“That war was a fire looking for a spark. The assassination was an excuse, not the cause.”
Yep. The Austrians deliberately made the terms too onerous for Serbia to accept. They wanted war with Serbia. They didn’t expect Russia to act. That pulled in France and Germany and it was on.