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Right click on the source button below to view Source B: Source C: From a telegram sent by the Austrian government to King Peter of Serbia, July 1914 The Sarajevo assassinations were planned in Belgrade, the Serbian Capital. The arms and explosives used by the murderers were provided by Serbian officers. The passage of the criminals and their weapons into Bosnia was organised by the chief of the Serbian frontier service. Source D: From a textbook about the First World War, published in 2007 The assassination provided Austria-Hungary with the ideal excuse to declare war on Serbia. However, this was the outcome of years of rivalry between the two countries, worsened by the Austrian annexation of Bosnia in 1908. Austria-Hungary was determined to prevent the creation of a Greater Serbia which would threaten the stability of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 further increased this threat as Serbia doubled in size. Right click on the source button below to view Source E: Source F: From a speech given by Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, to the House of Commons in 1909. The German fleet is growing. There is no comparison between the importance of the German navy to Germany, and the importance of our navy to us. Our navy is as important to us as Germany’s army is to them. To have a strong navy would increase Germany’s prestige and influence. However, a navy is not a matter of life and death to them as it is to us in Britain. Source G: From an interview given by Kaiser Wilhelm II to the British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, in 1908. Only those powers that have vast navies will be listened to with respect when the future of the Pacific comes to be solved. If for that reason only, Germany must have a powerful fleet. When Germany and Britain speak together on the same side in the great debates of the future, Britain will be glad that Germany has a fleet.