but it was the spark that ignited the whole thing

https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/kings-queens/franz-ferdinand-killed-almost-everything-on-his-1893-world-tour/

@Hunter491 In a way yes but in a way no.

The war would have started regardless of the Shots in Sarajevo

It would have just used different pretext

iirc Franz Ferdinand didn't even receive a proper funeral service that one would expect for a member of the royal family, instead he was given a regular funeral service attended by relatively few people

he caused diplomatic outrages left and right that had to be dealt with by the ministry of foreign affairs

his death would never had been regarded as a legitimate reason to commence warfare by the government

Gavrilo Princip was just a scapegoat

His death was not real reason for war lol

Franz Joseph was unhappy how under his rule he didnt make Austira-Hungary bigger, so he bought Bosnia from Ottomans. Serbs saw Bosnia like Serbian land. And faggot Gavrilo Princip and few other guys made assassination on Franz Ferdinand. Then Austria saw reason for war and makeing empire bigger. That was good for Germany too because they didnt have a lot of colonies, same for Turks, and Italians.

Thats not all

yes thats just all awesome

no more brother wars

no more clay grabbing ffs

grab all the clay

there was sabre rattling on every side of WWI

it was complex

there is no one reason

if gavrilo princip didn't shoot the archduke then something else would've happened

they would have found a reason

My favorite WW1 soldier.

Same

@Hunter491 Europe has been going downhill since French Revolution

Some may say even since great schism

ah yes, that event was tragic as well

the french revolution was shit but necessary

a lot of bad ideas came out of it, but at least it destroyed monarchism and paved the way for fascism and genuine nationalism to become a thing

monarchism and reactionaryism is big gay and stupid

I think the greatest damage its done to us is that it pushed this ridiculous notion of brotherhood, equality etc. and so why the French were scanding these slogans, Negroes in their colonies decided they too should have the right to self determination ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_Haiti_massacre

Enjoy your free gay republics then

Monarchy is order

its impossible to reestablish in Europe

what are you going to do, pick some random guy make him a king and expect everyone to treat him like a royal ?

We don't deserve a Monarch rn

who is he going to rule

gray drones that sustain themselves on orgies and drugs?

Monarch will come when its time

Until then you struggle and fight

and make sure Germans don't cuck you