General consensus today suggests otherwise and a month is no immediate.

The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was critical in setting off the chain of events that led to the First World War. Not only was it a bad day for the Archduke and his family, but also a bad day for Europe. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. He was inspecting the army in Sarajevo with his wife Sophie. The royal couple arrived by train at 9.28am. Seven young Bosnian Serbs planned to assassinate Franz Ferdinand as he drove along the main road in Sarajevo, the Appel Quay. The first conspirator who tried to kill Franz Ferdinand threw a bomb at his car. He missed and was arrested. The Archduke escaped unhurt. He decided to abandon the visit and return home via a different route to the one planned. No one had told the driver the route had changed. On the way back, therefore, the driver turned into Franz Josef Street, following the published route and, when told of his error, stopped the car to turn around. Unfortunately, the car stopped in front of Gavrilo Princip, one of the conspirators, who was on his way home thinking he had failed. Princip pulled out a gun and shot at Franz Ferdinand, hitting him in the jugular vein. There was a tussle, during which Princip shot and killed Sophie. By 11.30am, Franz Ferdinand had bled to death.
This then led to the cold-blooded World War one. It caused the war because Austria blamed Serbia for the killing of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Then Austria declared war on Serbia, the Russian army got ready to help Serbia defend itself against the attack and Germany sends a demand to Russia ordering it to hold back from helping Serbia. Then Germany declared war on Russia. The French army is put on a war footing getting ready to fight a German invasion. After all of that Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium, Britain orders Germany to withdraw from Belgium and the Germans did not listen. As you can see the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the cause of different events which then led to the war indirectly.
I think the most significant cause of World War one was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other causes of the war was Imperliasm, Militarism, Nationalism and Alliances that were formed. These were the causes of World War One. Also, everyone wanted to be the best country, which links back to all four causes and aspects of the events.


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And now Trump is a numerologist! His latest Tweet at 0030 uhr. Can't this guy sleep?

"Targeting 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!"

Admitting a war crime in advance, stable genius.

I see China, Russia and Iran are currently running some joint naval exercises - time to get those iodine pills ready.

Depends on from which angle are you looking at the problem...(and rest assured he wasn't very popular across his empire).

Don't see the connection with what's going on now though?

Whatever will happen/happens has little resemblance with WWI. Apart from the potential of a really bad regional (and beyond) conflict.

You seem like an old soul around here. What was your previous incarnation?

And what's that "woke" thing and why is it always used derogatory? I remember being used here by various people, some of whom you wouldn't have expected.... Is it just another insult thrown at people one disagrees with?

Its to say that a ( relatively ) small incident can set the whole world in flames

Unfortunately...yes.

The last president to declare war was FDR, 8 December 1941.

Tom

There is one resemblance, nobody has ever discovered what WW1 was about - what was the deliverable?

Source

The whole business is just Trump running wild

I guess, broadly, being aware ("awoken") to the fact that not everyone experiences life/events the same way due to (predominantly) their race and that there is a lot of (historical) injustice. IMO woke tends to be used as a pejorative by folk who don't (want to) understand there are problems. Other folk use it as another way to virtue signal.

If social media is the yardstick to go by then the same folk being sarcastic/attempting woke "irony" are a similar type to those who bitch about #metoo being a dreadful slur on some nice gentlemen. IMO. Obvs.

I wonder how Trump feels now as a murderer?

Did you ask yourself the same question after the Osama bin Laden assassination?

Yes

Yes.

Trump probably claimed credit but it was Obama who was responsible for the assassination of Obsama bin Laden.

The law of unintended consequences strikes again!
Presumably, Trump will simply ignore this so adding to his war crimes?

The vote, after the killing of Maj. General Qassim Suleimani in a U.S. drone strike, is not final until Iraq’s prime minister signs the draft bill.

Dude, he signs dozens of death-sentences per year for enemy combatants - as did Obama.

All to be killed by drones.

Does it really matter at this point?

Between the vengeance-hungry Iranian leaders and a tweet obsessed, war-mongering US president commanding a heavy military presence in the gulf, it could get messy.

I wouldn't want to be on any commercial airline, or cargo vessel passing anywhere near the Middle East for the foreseeable future.