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Archduke Ferdinand

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World War One was a brutal war that lasted from July 28, 1914, through November 11, 1918. This horrible war was started by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914. The assassins were an independent Serbian terrorist group. One of the members of this group approached the Archduke's car and threw a bomb at the car; it bounced off the car and blew up a nearby car. Later, the Archduke's route had a v-shaped turn which forced them to slow down. When they reached this sharp turn Princip stepped forward and fired two shots from his automatic pistol; both shots hit. The Archduchess was shot first, in the abdomen; she was an expecting mother and died instantly. The Archduke was shot close to the heart and died almost instantly. Officers seized
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