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Tag: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

by Robert Horvat July 9, 2014 2
A history of the First World War.

A history of the First World War: No.2 Vienna, the scourge of Belgrade/The rise of the assassin/ The aftermath and the anti-Serb riots

Was it coincidental that the young group of Serbian nationalist chose to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914Continue Reading

by Robert Horvat June 28, 2014 6
A history of the First World War.

From the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that sparked the Great War to an armistice signed in a railroad carriage in the forest of Compiegne… A history of the First World War: No. 1. The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

On 28th of June 1914, standing along side of local delicatessen, near the site of the Latin Bridge that stretchedContinue Reading

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