World History

On this day, one hundred years ago, the first shot of World War 1 was fired by the Austro-Hungarian military as it prepared to invade against Serbia over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.  This simple action led to a disastrous chain of catastrophic events plunging the world into total war. With militarism, […]
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100 Years Ago Today

It was a hundred years ago today that motions were set in place which would bring about one of the deadliest wars in history. June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Fredinand and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo. Their killer was part of a group called the Malada Bosna (Young Bosnia). This action had a […]
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