The purpose of this website is to find out how can we as preservationists create methods to raise awareness of WWI soldiers.
Who - Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria (joined in 1915)
Allied Powers: United Kingdom, France, Russia, Serbia (joined in 1917)
Where- Europe, Italy, France, Germany and the south of Turkey.
Why- World War I started from the assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by an 18 year old named Gavrilo Princip who was a citizen of Serbia. The assassination occurred while he was on his way to Sarajevo for a parade to be inspected by the people. The people of Serbia were not that fond Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but they kept their distance from him. On June 28, 1914 while Ferdinand was visiting the city of Sarajevo in the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina he was assassinated and Austria Hungary took it as an attack.
Allied Powers: United Kingdom, France, Russia, Serbia (joined in 1917)
Where- Europe, Italy, France, Germany and the south of Turkey.
Why- World War I started from the assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by an 18 year old named Gavrilo Princip who was a citizen of Serbia. The assassination occurred while he was on his way to Sarajevo for a parade to be inspected by the people. The people of Serbia were not that fond Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but they kept their distance from him. On June 28, 1914 while Ferdinand was visiting the city of Sarajevo in the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina he was assassinated and Austria Hungary took it as an attack.