Research Paper On The Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and His Death An assassination is an extermination of someone to try to make a political, economic, or social statement to prove a point. Assassinations have been used for many years by humans to exterminate bad leaders, corrupt politicians, and many wretched people. Back in the Middle Ages assassins were more common then modern day. In the modern age, not many assassins are left or needed because of new laws enforced by governments and organizations; also many consequences have been developed by even thinking about killing another human being. A consequence of assassinating someone could mean life in prison, but the consequence of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a World War that cost millions of
With high tensions even the slightest mistake can cause a war between these countries. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, sparking the first of two World Wars. Days led to months, months turned to years, the bloodshed was horrific, it seemed like Death himself was present at every battle that took place. Wave upon wave of infantry stormed through Europe’s former self, it was all destroyed: buildings, museums, railroads, etc. The war ends in 1917, four years of brutal warfare and heart wrenching deaths, finally ending with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles; all because of one bullet killing the heir to the Austrian- Hungarian throne. The death was not justified because Gavrilo Princip was driven by extreme nationalism, nothing else. The pride of his country caused two World Wars (World War 2 would have never happened if it wasn’t for the Treaty for Versailles, causing Germany to be under stable circumstances, and Adolf Hitler wouldn’t have risen to power by making false testimonies of revenge and making the world a “better place”) and the deaths of countless men and women who put