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Assassination at Sarajevo
On June 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary’s Archduke
Franz Ferdinand was visiting the Serbian city
of SARAJEVO. Protestors threw a bomb at the
Archduke’s motorcade, but he survived. Then, later,
another member of the gang spotted
the Archduke in his car. He
fired his gun, killing both
Franz Ferdinand and his
wife, Sophie.

On the Western Front,
men on both sides
were bogged down in The world at war
muddy trenches. Tens Within a month, an angry Austria-Hungary,
of thousands died
in every battle. supported by their German allies, had
DECLARED WAR ON SERBIA. Within days,
the two main alliances had declared war on
each other and combat began. In 1917, the
United States joined in against Germany.
What we now know as World War I was
fought on two main fronts: the Western
in Belgium and northern France, and the
Eastern in Russia. For the first time, tanks
and airplanes were used in combat.

How it changed
the world

Franz Ferdinand’s death
started the largest conflict the
Did you know?
world had ever seen. By its
The assassin, Gavrilo
end in 1918, 20 million people
Princip, was a member
would be dead and the map
of a gang of Bosnians
of Europe completely
who wanted freedom
redrawn.
from Austria-Hungary.

The war lasted for four Everyone was poor after the
years, until Germany, war. In Germany, the price
short of supplies and men of goods rose out of control
and deserted by its allies, and people found that
ASKED FOR A CEASEFIRE in their MONEY WAS WORTH
November 1918. ALMOST NOTHING.
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