10 Facts about Black Hand Gang

Saturday, July 11th 2015. | History


If you are interested to know the Unification of Death, check out Facts about Black Hand Gang.  The popular name of this secret military society was Black Hand. The officers of Army of kingdom of Serbia established this secret military society on 9 May 1911. Here are other details of Black Hand Gang below:

Facts about Black Hand Gang 1: the origin of Black Hand Gang

Can you find out the origin of the establishment of Black Hand Gang? This secret military society was originated from the conspiracy group under the leadership of Captain Dragutin Dimitrijevic “Apis”. This group was responsible for killing the Serbian royal couple in 1903.

Facts about Black Hand Gang 2: the purpose of the Black Hand Gang

Black Hand Gang had a purpose to unite all territories which were not ruled by Montenegro or even Serbia.

Black Hand Gang

Black Hand Gang

Facts about Black Hand Gang 3: the inspiration

The inspiration of unifying the territories was seen from the unification of Germany in 1871 and Italy in 1859-1870.

Facts about Black Hand Gang 4: the contribution to World War I

Black Hand Gang was considered as organization which partly triggered the World War I because of their connection of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914. This assassination made Austria-Hungary invade Kingdom of Serbia. Get facts about Austria here.

Facts about Black Hand Gang

Facts about Black Hand Gang

Facts about Black Hand Gang 5: the establishment of Unification of Death

In the early May 1911, the Unification of death was founded. On 9 May 1911, the original constitution was signed for this organization.

Facts about Black Hand Gang 6: who wrote the constitution of Unification of Death?

The authors of the constitution for the Unification of Death were Vojislav Tankosic,  Ljuba Cupa and Bogdan Radenkovic.

Black Hand Gang Facts

Black Hand Gang Facts

Facts about Black Hand Gang 7:the model of the constitution

The constitution of the Unification of Death was inspired  from the Italian Carbonari and German secret nationalist.

Facts about Black Hand Gang 8:Black Hand name

In the late 1911, the Unification of Death was called as Black Hand by the Serbian parliament.

Archiduke and Wife

Archiduke and Wife

Facts about Black Hand Gang 9:the ideology

To spread the ideology of Black Hand Gang,  the members of this organization used the magazine Pijemont in 1911 to 1913.

Facts about Black Hand Gang 10: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Young Bosnia organization. Nedeljko Cabrinovic tried to kill the duke using his unsuccessful grenade. But the Archduke and his wife were successfully assassinated by Gavrilo Princip by using a handgun. The Austria-Hungary blamed the crime on Serbia in general.

World War I

World War I

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