AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Stay Alive For Our Children!
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The Deed is Done!
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That Hurts More Than I Thought It Would
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Blargh!
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Detailed explanation-1: -As reported by Count Harrach, Franz Ferdinand’s last words were “Sophie, Sophie! Don’t die! Live for our children!” followed by six or seven utterances of “It is nothing, ” in response to Harrach’s inquiry as to Franz Ferdinand’s injury.
Detailed explanation-2: -It’s all so cozy and precious… In fact, when Sophie was shot alongside Franz Ferdinand in 1914, these were his last words to her, as published in “Archduke of Sarajevo”: “Sopherl, Sopherl, don’t die. Stay alive for the children!”
Detailed explanation-3: -The children were sent to live in Arstetten Castle. The eldest, Sophie, was 17 at the time. She lived until 1990 and Princess von Hohenberg remembers her stories.
Detailed explanation-4: -Their luck ran out later that day, however, when their driver inadvertently drove them past 19-year-old Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip who shot and killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife at point-blank range. Austria-Hungary was furious and, with Germany’s support, declared war on Serbia on July 28.