WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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1918
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1939
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1914
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1917
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Detailed explanation-1: -World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. Read more about why the Balkans became the “powder keg of Europe.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914) was the main catalyst for the start of the Great War (World War I).
Detailed explanation-3: -July 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I.
Detailed explanation-4: -The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 set off a chain of events that led to war in early August 1914. The assassination was traced to a Serbian extremist group that wanted to increase Serbian power in the Balkans by breaking up the Austro-Hungarian Empire.