How a single shot triggered the chain reaction of the Great War
In short: On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off the July Crisis. This video examines the fatal moment and the rapid descent into global conflict.
The video explores the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by Gavrilo Princip. Princip was a nationalist affiliated with the Serbian underground group known as the 'Black Hand', or 'Unification or Death'.
This event is viewed as the catalyst for the outbreak of the Great War. The political fallout, known as the July Crisis, escalated quickly: exactly one month after the assassination, on July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
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