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Title: Franz Ferdinand


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Franz Ferdinand
  • Cause of WWI

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The Assassination
  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the
    Austro-Hungarian throne, sat next to his wife
    Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg on the back seat of
    an open-topped car in a motorcade in Sarajevo on
    June 28, 1914. They were on their way to the
    military hospital to visit those injured by a
    hand grenade thrown at the royal car earlier in
    the day. When their driver mistakenly turned
    right into Franz Joseph Street, 19 year-old
    Serbian Gavrilo Princip, happened to be standing
    on the corner.

Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
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The Assassination Cont.
  • When the driver stopped to back up onto Appel
    Quay, Princip fired his pistol at the car. The
    first bullet penetrated the side of the car and
    hit Sophie in the abdomen. The second bullet hit
    Franz Ferdinand in the neck, piercing his jugular
    and lodging in his spine. Both wounds were fatal.
    This caused countries allied with Austria-Hungary
    (the Triple Alliance) and countries allied with
    Serbia (the Triple Entente Powers) to declare war
    on each other, starting World War I.

The gun Gavrilo Princip used.
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The Beginning of World War I
  • Ferdinand's assassination at the hands of Serbian
    nationalist Gavrilo Princip resulted in demands
    against the Kingdom of Serbia. Several alliances
    that had been formed over the past decades were
    invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at
    war with all having colonies, the conflict soon
    spread around the world.

These are the types of guns used in WWI.
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