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The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand is the spark that began the chain events that resulted in World War 1. However, tensions, alliances, and arms races made a large scale war almost inevitable regardless of the spark that ignited it.
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LaoOn June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Serbian separatists. This led to a chain of events that culminated in a war that spanned the continent. There was already an intricate system of alliances in place that would embroil all the major European powers in a major war regardless of the actual spark. This and heightened nationalism throughout Europe are some of the major underlying reasons for World War 1.
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the allied forces
Where was the starting point and ending point of the trenches during world war 1?
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