<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: NgoJuni 28, 1914 u-Archduke Franz Ferdinand wase-Austria, indlalifa yesihlalo sobukhosi sase-Austro-Hungary, wabulawa yi-Bosnian Serb nationalist eSarajevo, eyayiphikisana ne-Austria-Hungary  <response>: ukuhlanganiswa kweBosnia neHerzegovina. Ukuqubuka kwempi kwakungenakugwenywa, kodwa abaholi, osomaqhinga kanye nemibuso yangekhulu le-19 leminyaka kwakha isimo sokulwa okukhulu. Umqondo wePan-Slavism nenkolo eyabiwe wadala ukuzwelana okukhulu komphakathi phakathi kweRussia neSerbia. Izingxabano zendawo zabangela ukungezwani phakathi kweJalimane neFrance naphakathi kwe-Austria-Hungary neSerbia, futhi ngenxa yalokho kwakheka amanethiwekhi omfelandawonye kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Izinethiwekhi ze - Triple Entente ne - Triple Alliance zasungulwa ngaphambi kwempi. UNicholas wayengafuni ukushiya iSerbia ngenxa yesinqumo sokugcina sase-Austria, noma ukubangela impi evamile. Ngochungechunge lwezincwadi ezashintshaniswa noWilhelm waseJalimane ukuxhumana kukaWillyNicky laba ababili bamemezela isifiso sabo sokuthula, futhi ngamunye wazama ukwenza omunye ukuba ahoxe. UNicholas wayefisa ukuba iRussia iqoqelwe impi kuphela ngokumelene ne - Austria - Hungary, enethemba lokuvimbela impi neJalimane. 