Podcast: How a Teenage Boy Started World War I

On 28 June 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie were visiting the picturesque city of Sarajevo in the Balkans. Franz Ferdinand was also the nephew of the Emperor, and heir to the throne as well!  The Austro-Hungarian Empire had recently annexed the Balkan provinces, infuriating Serbia. Tensions were high and the fuse for World War I was about to be lit by an unlikely assassin – a teenage boy, Gavrilo Princip.

19 year old Serbian assassin Gavrilo Princip started World War I
19 year old Serbian assassin Gavrilo Princip
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