Franz Ferdinand

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Franz Ferdinand

• Cause of WWI

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The Assassination

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the
  Austro-Hungarian throne, sat next to his wife
  Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg on the back seat of
  an open-topped car in a motorcade in Sarajevo on
  June 28, 1914. They were on their way to the
  military hospital to visit those injured by a
  hand grenade thrown at the royal car earlier in
  the day. When their driver mistakenly turned
  right into Franz Joseph Street, 19 year-old
  Serbian Gavrilo Princip, happened to be standing
  on the corner.

Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
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The Assassination Cont.

• When the driver stopped to back up onto Appel
  Quay, Princip fired his pistol at the car. The
  first bullet penetrated the side of the car and
  hit Sophie in the abdomen. The second bullet hit
  Franz Ferdinand in the neck, piercing his jugular
  and lodging in his spine. Both wounds were fatal.
  This caused countries allied with Austria-Hungary
  (the Triple Alliance) and countries allied with
  Serbia (the Triple Entente Powers) to declare war
  on each other, starting World War I.

The gun Gavrilo Princip used.
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The Beginning of World War I

• Ferdinand's assassination at the hands of Serbian
  nationalist Gavrilo Princip resulted in demands
  against the Kingdom of Serbia. Several alliances
  that had been formed over the past decades were
  invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at
  war with all having colonies, the conflict soon
  spread around the world.

These are the types of guns used in WWI.
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• By Livia Coleman