WWI - Outbreak
Published on Nov 02, 2016
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If you could go back in time
and change the world by altering one event...
Warn JFK?
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Convince Lincoln not to watch a play?
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There's possibly a more pivotal moment
that could change history's course...
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PREVENTED
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PREVENTED
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June 28, 1914
This day changed the world forever... and they didn't even know it.
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Who was Franz Ferdinand?
Relatively unknown in the u.s.
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire
He was visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia with his wife, Sophie
The Balkans
the "powderkeg" of Europe
Gavrilo Princip
Fired the fatal 2 shots
7 total conspirators
recruited by the Black Hand
Provided with
4 Serbian Army pistols, 6 bombs, and cyanide powder.
The plan
Ferdinand's gift to Sophie
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First attack
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second attack
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"it is nothing"
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Princip is captured alive
Conspirators were tried and found guilty
Princip on the way to his execution
All conspirators executed
widely reported around the world
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Austria mourned its fallen heir
And also began preparation for what was next
