"June 28, 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand And Wife Assassinated" Topic
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| Cacique Caribe | 28 Jun 2017 6:31 p.m. PST |
Killed in Sarajevo, Bosnia, by Serbian separatists (members of the terrorist group the Black Hand). The murder precipitates international posturing that leads to the First World War a few weeks later. Dan
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 Murphy  | 28 Jun 2017 6:39 p.m. PST |
And 17 million people died because that madman's actions… |
 Bobgnar  | 28 Jun 2017 8:12 p.m. PST |
Was he mad or just a patriot hoping to get independence for his country? Weren't the madmen the leaders of the various countries who could go to war over such a comparatively trivia act. Without trying to compromise. |
| Cacique Caribe | 28 Jun 2017 9:31 p.m. PST |
A cowardly act of murder, regardless of the results he wanted. Dan |
| Wackmole9 | 29 Jun 2017 4:51 a.m. PST |
Yes Bobgar he was mad . By killing the only Austrian Hungarian leader who wanted to compromises on home rule in the empire. Serbia was already a free country, he just wanted "Greater Serbia". |
| ITALWARS | 30 Jun 2017 2:56 p.m. PST |
Was him a Muslim or a bosniac Christian orthodox? |
| Cacique Caribe | 04 Jul 2017 3:22 p.m. PST |
Gavrillo Princip and his co-conspirators were raised Orthodox, while the archduke and his wife were Catholics. link
link Dan |
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