The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

from Same Day, Different Century · host Zach Ipsen

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was shot and killed in Sarajevo alongside his wife Sophie. The assassination nearly didn't happen. The morning's plot had already fallen apart, and the young gunman Gavrilo Princip stood outside a Sarajevo deli convinced it was over. Then came a wrong turn, a stalled engine, and a moment of terrible chance. Within six weeks, six nations were at war. Send me a text!Support the show

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