Check Out What Happened That Led To The First World War
On June 28, 1924, Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip shot and assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, who were heirs to the Austro-Hungarian throne at the time. Image Credit: mrallsophistroy.com Britannica.com reports that Gavrilo Princip and other nationalists in Bosnia, Serbia, and Herzegovina at the time wanted to abolish Austria-Hungarian authority of the region.
What caused world wars I and II and their effects.
The first world war also known as World War I or the Great War began on July 28,1914 and ended on November 11,1918. The War began after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by South slav nationalist, Gavrilo Princip who was a Bosnian Serbian nationalist student on June 28,1914.
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