How did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife affect the cold war and world war II?
Franz Ferdinand’s murder lit the match for World War 1. WW1 led to massive reparations being bestowed on Germany as well as the division of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. Germany lost territories to the west (France), south-east (Czechoslovakia) and to the east (Poland). The reparations were huge and added with the global depression in the 1930’s German people were unsatisfied with government. Hence Hitler’s rise to power with the promise of making Germany great again and, later, reclaiming lost lands. Bada bing you have WW2. Western governments were already fearful that similar coups to what happened in Russia could spread further. That was before WW2. When Russia invaded Germany they were also invading several of its already occupied colonies which would form the eastern block. The Allies were weary with having had to battle one form of dictatorship (Fascism in Germany + Italy) and were wary with having to battle another. America’s military might was epitomised by the use of the atom
