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What Really Started World War I (2015x18)


: 04, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundoutsubscribe →Why Do Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside?: http://bit.ly/1Ow7J0K Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from Today I Found Out: The Story Behind the Legend (of Zelda) http://bit.ly/1RTQ08P Black Friday http://bit.ly/1Ikvrfm Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear On The Outside http://bit.ly/1HLvFLb In this video: The commonly held notion that WWI was started out of outrage over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie at the hands of Serbian nationalist secret society known as the “Black Hand” isn’t entirely correct. In fact, the Emperor Franz Josef himself expressed relief over the assassination because it rid him of an heir whom he deeply disliked. The Emperor commented that “God will not be mocked. A higher power had put back the order I couldn’t maintain.” Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/what-started-world-war-i/ Resources/Further Reading: http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I http://www.worldwar-1.net/world-war-1-timelines/world-war-1-1914/world-war-1-1914-index.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Image Credit (thank you) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Postcard_for_the_assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_in_Sarajevo.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_Francis_Joseph.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PragerTagblatt-19140729-Morgenausgabe.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Hay_signs_Treaty_of_Paris,_1899.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Austria_hungary_1911_and_post_war_borders.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KavallerieDivision.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Infantry_LOC_17301u.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Telegra

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