![]() ![]() Relying heavily on archival and family sources, they look at the evidence with clear, compassionate eyes and clear away some myths, resulting in a moving and compelling read. Radler announced, 'This man has seen with his own eyes the start of the Great War.the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.' I thought Radler was being theatrical until the old man opened his mouth. King and Woolmans do a good job of explaining the complex political situation behind the tragic denouement to the couple’s love story. Nations allied against Germany were eventually to include Great. Even though romance carried the day, the couple’s children would be barred from the succession, and Sophie made to endure official snubs. Royal historians King and Woolmans show us the man behind the history, especially in his startling marriage to Countess Sophie Chotek, whose impressive pedigree was nonetheless not impressive enough to qualify her as a bride for the archduke. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 set off a chain of events that led to. ![]() To many readers, Franz Ferdinand is known only as the man whose assassination triggered the First World War. The First World War started in August 1914. His misgivings were proved well-founded on June 28, when Gavrilo Princip, a revolutionary, shot the couple dead as they rode through the streets of Sarajevo. Pictures and commentary explain the beginning of World War One in 1914, sparked by the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, accompanied by his wife, Sophie, reluctantly paid a visit to Bosnia, having tried his best to avoid the obligation imposed upon him by his uncle, Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria. Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, 27 June 1914, the day before being shot. How The World Went To War In 1914 - On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife were assassinated leading to the start of the First World War. The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World ![]()
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