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EPISODE · Apr 24, 2026 · 27 MIN

The Sandwich That Started World War I

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On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination was supposed to be impossible—the bomb had missed, the route had changed, and the conspirators had given up. But then the royal driver took a wrong turn, stopped directly in front of a delicatessen, and 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip looked up from his sandwich to see his target sitting five feet away. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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