The Murder of Franz Ferdinand- The Spark of the Great War? (Part 2): The Victims, the Conspiracy, the Crime and the Aftermath

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Did the murder of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire the event that started the Great War, WW1?That is a question even today 101 years and one week after the armistice that ended the war was signed.This episode, the second of the series, discusses the Victims (Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie), the Conspiracy, which included many more than the killer, the Crime itself, and the Aftermath. With all this, can we finally answer the question?

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