World+War+ILH

Black Hand

On May 9, 1911, ten men met up in Serbia to form Union or Death, also known as //The Black Hand.// By 1914, there were several hundreds of members. The Black Hand took over the terrorist actions of National Defense//.// Black Hand members held important army and government positions. The Black Hand members wanted to be free from Austria-Hungry, so they wanted to kill //Franz Ferdinand//, the heir-apparent of Austria, because they wanted to combine into a greater //Serbia//, or a //Yugoslavia//. So on June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand & his wife, were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of The Black Hand. Tension between Serbia & Austria grew into world war. In 1917, The Black Hand was outlawed.