Almost 100 years ago... On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand - TopicsExpress



          

Almost 100 years ago... On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six assassins (five Serbs and one Bosnian Muslim) coordinated by Danilo Ilić. The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungarys south-Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Yugoslavia. The assassins motives were consistent with the movement that later became known as Young Bosnia. The assassination led directly to the First World War when Austria-Hungary subsequently issued an ultimatum against Serbia, which was partially rejected. Austria-Hungary then declared war.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:38:25 +0000

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