The Sarajevo Bombing : The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Crime - True Stories

15-11-2023 • 5 mins

We all learned at school that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th 1914 was the trigger for the First World War. But how could the death of this crowned head in a country that we couldn't necessarily place on a map trigger the First World War and plunge Europe into chaos?