Research Paper On The Assassination Of Archduke Ferdinand
The event that sparked WW1 was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The archduke traveled to Sarajevo to inspect the imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archduke Ferdinand The heir of the Hapsburg Empire, was riding in his car when Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand revolutionary group, jumped on the running board of the car and shot and killed Sophie, the wife of the Archduke, and then shot the