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The Rest Is History · June 28, 2022 · 52m

The Murder of Franz Ferdinand

The Rest Is History

The assassination that triggered World War I. Holland and Sandbrook examine the extraordinary chain of coincidences that made it possible — Princip was in the right place only because the Archduke's driver made a wrong turn.

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Falsehood spreads faster than truth — propaganda created competing narratives within days
Within days of the assassination, competing narratives — Serbian conspiracy, Austrian provocation, anarchist plot — were spreading faster than facts could be established.
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Highlights

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Contingency in history — the smallest accidents can have the largest consequences
Franz Ferdinand's driver took a wrong turn and stopped the car directly in front of Gavrilo Princip, who had given up and gone to buy a sandwich. This coincidence killed 20 million people.
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