The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 100 Years Ago

"With tensions already running high among Europe’s powers, the assassination precipitated a rapid descent into World War I. First, Austria-Hungary gained German support for punitive action against Serbia... By the following week, Germany, Russia, France, Belgium, Montenegro and Great Britain had all been drawn into the conflict, and other countries like the United States would enter later. Overall, more than 9 million soldiers and nearly that many civilians would die in fighting that lasted until 1918." #bio #social #GEOG203

Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina