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pre-WWI tensions
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How WWI Started: The Hidden Alliances, Assassinations, and Powder Keg of 1914
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, was the spark—but it ignited a tinderbox. For decades, Europe had been divided into...
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How the World Changed When Did World War One Began
Yet the war’s origins stretched far beyond Sarajevo. For decades, Europe had been a powder keg: the Balkan Wars (1912–1913) had exposed Austria-Hungary’s...