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11. Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina will forever be known as the place where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot and killed, directly causing WWI. Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke on June 28th, 1914 and the immediate chaos is depicted here. The chaos was so intense that police actually mistook a bystander for Princip at first, which lead to some initial confusion on who shot the Archduke. His wife, Sophie the Dutchess of Hohenberg, was shot and killed, too.

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