cyclotreker
How did the Archduke's assassination lead to WW I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
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jondabomb
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Vienna declared war on Serbia on 28 July.
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lasrus
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This created a crisis between the opposing empires of Austria and Tsarist Russia. France and Germany mobilized when it became clear that this crisis could not be contained.