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Austrians Decide on War With Serbia

Days after Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, the wheels of fate had already been set in motion by a handful of powerful men meeting behind closed doors in Vienna.

How Archduke Ferdinand Spent His Final Days

In his final days, Archduke Franz Ferdinand expressed forebodings about his journey to Bosnia to observe the empire’s annual military maneuvers.

14 Reasons WWI Happened (And Four Things That Could Have Stopped It)

Erik Sass has been covering the events of WWI exactly 100 years later. Here's a look back at how we got here.

Franz Ferdinand Wants Peace in the Balkans

Crisis In France Over Military Service Law

New York Tribune via the Library of Congress

The Assassins Cross the Border

Two years after the sinking of the Titanic the world was gripped by news of yet another horrific maritime disaster—but developments behind the scenes foreshadowed something even worse.

That Time America Attacked the British Isles

We usually think of the American Revolutionary War as being fought strictly in North America, but naval battles were also fought in European waters.

WWI Centennial: Irish Troubles

Moltke Calls for War Without Delay

Assassins Prepare Amid Rumors of Serbian Coup

The Greatest Infographic of All Time

French Finalize War Plan with Fatal Flaws

We're covering the events that led to World War I exactly 100 years after they happened.

French Cheer British Royals on State Visit

Russia Pursues Naval Treaty with Britain

Tampico Incident Brings U.S., Mexico to Brink of War

Plotters Decide to Kill the Archduke

We're covering the events that led to World War I exactly 100 years after they happened.

The Letters of Last Resort

If you have a secret to keep, a good place to do so is in a safe inside another safe in the control room of a nuclear-class submarine far below the surface of the ocean.

A Spectacular Murder Rocks France

We're covering the events that led to WWI exactly 100 years later.

Mixed Messages from Italy

German Newspapers Beat the War Drums

The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later.

Russians Plot Attack on Constantinople (In a Few Years)

11 Words and Phrases Popularized by World War I

The Oxford English Dictionary is honoring the centenary with an appeal to the public for help in finding the earliest documented uses of words that first came into English during World War I.

The Archduke Seals His Own Doom

We're covering the events that led to WWI exactly 100 years later. In this installment, Archduke Ferdinand makes an appearance! (Spoiler: He's important to all this.)

Origins of the Armenian Genocide

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