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WW1 A to Z - A is for Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Captions, photographs, maps, graphics and commentary explain how the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War One. Events are traced from the shooting by Serbian Gavrilo Princip on 28th June 1914, through to the responses of the two rival military alliances. There is also a brief account of the tensions caused by the expansionist ambitions of the major European powers.
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