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Franz Ferdinand
How the Wars in Ukraine and Syria Are Connected
Tensions are increasing to the point that when they are released, it will be with a tectonic shift and not a tepid pop.
World War I: In the Beginning... (+Photo Gallery)
With the exquisite turn of phrase for which she was so highly regarded, Barbara Tuchman once likened the Austro-Hungarian declaration of war against Serbia of 28 July 1914 to an example of “the bellicose frivolity of senile empires”.
Franz Ferdinand Assasination: A Century From the First Shot of World War I
On 28 June 1914 Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. A little over a month later Europe was ablaze.
