Why was the assassination of franz ferdinand important?
It’s important because it gave Austria an excuse to attack Serbia. It’s very important because that led to Russia mobilizing her army to defend Serbia. It’s super important because that led to Von Moltke telling the Kaiser that, because the Russians had mobilized, Germany MUST execute THE PLAN and attack France through Belgium. And it’s even more important than that because it led to the Great War and the permanent destruction of a great part of European civilization! ********* You must be studying the First World War. That is good because “The Great War” contains some of history’s most important lessons. It shows, in the words of the eminent scholar Freeman Dyson, “how small follies lead to great disasters.
