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- June 28
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
With an unprecedented scale of trench warfare and enormous losses on all sides of the conflict, World War I (1914–1918) devastated Europe. This photograph shows stretcher bearers carrying a wounded man during the Battle of the Somme, France. September 1916. —© IWM (Q 1332) http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191438 (external link)
June 28, 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, is assassinated in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. His murder precipitates the start of the massive armed conflict in Europe now known as the First World War.
Related Topics
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—World War I
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—World War I: Aftermath
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—World War I: Treaties and Reparations
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Antisemitism in History: World War I
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Adolf Hitler and World War I: 1913–1919
- New video overview of the Holocaust—The Path to Nazi Genocide
