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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand launched the First World War. But what if the assassin's bullet had missed? Well, it turns out, it did…a few different times. The Archduke just couldn't get it right as he repeatedly put himself in harm's way and gave the assassins more chances than they deserved. If he had escaped, would the war still have happened? You decide. Guiding questions: 01:12 What is the Balkans and why was it important in the nineteenth century? 01:58 Who was Gavrilo Princip and what did he want? 04:00 What were the fateful mistakes that the Archduke and his staff made that ended in his assassination? 04:43 How did the killing of the Archduke lead to World War I? 06:45 What were some other causes of World War I other than the assassination?
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