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106 Years Ago Today, the World Went Mad
Posted on 6/28/20 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 6/28/20 at 12:57 pm
It was on this day in 1914 the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Emprie, Crown Price Franz Ferdinand along with his wife were gunned down in Sarajevo by a 19 year old Bosnian Serb terrorist named Gavrilo Princip. This Assassination sparked the greatest global configuration in human history up till then, the Great War, or as we know it now, World War I.
The war itself cause approximately 20 million battlefield deaths. When you add in civilian deaths the number climbs to about 40 million. In addition to the unprecedented death toll, World War I transformed the world more than any other event since the discovery of the New World.
Empires in Germany, Russia, Austria, and Turkey were wiped away. And even though the British Empire was on the winning side, it emerged from the war almost bankrupt and heavily in debt to the world’s new major power, the United States of America. France, where the worst of the battles took place all but lost an entire generation of young men. Germany likewise lost its own generation and was left on the brink of civil war that would eventually lead to the rise of the Nazi Party who would march the world to war 21 years after the Guns of WWI fell silent. Russia did have a full blown Civil War that lead to the death of as many as 12 million people. When the dust of that war settled the Communist were in form control of the largest country in the world. And from Russia Communist movements would spread worldwide, spreading misery, death, and oppression wherever it went. By the end of the century over 100 million lives around the world in the name of Communism.
Other aftershocks of WWI were the rise of Japanese expansion the Pacific that would lead eventually to war with the USA, the beginning of the end of European Colonialism, and the rise of the Women’s Rights movement.
In the Middle East the collapse of The Ottoman Empire allowed the rise of pan-Arab movements across the region and the seeds of the conflict between Arabs and Jews in what now know as Israel were first planted with the creation of the Mandate of Palestine.
In short, on this day 106 years ago the world as it was known then came to an end and the world as we know it today was born.
The war itself cause approximately 20 million battlefield deaths. When you add in civilian deaths the number climbs to about 40 million. In addition to the unprecedented death toll, World War I transformed the world more than any other event since the discovery of the New World.
Empires in Germany, Russia, Austria, and Turkey were wiped away. And even though the British Empire was on the winning side, it emerged from the war almost bankrupt and heavily in debt to the world’s new major power, the United States of America. France, where the worst of the battles took place all but lost an entire generation of young men. Germany likewise lost its own generation and was left on the brink of civil war that would eventually lead to the rise of the Nazi Party who would march the world to war 21 years after the Guns of WWI fell silent. Russia did have a full blown Civil War that lead to the death of as many as 12 million people. When the dust of that war settled the Communist were in form control of the largest country in the world. And from Russia Communist movements would spread worldwide, spreading misery, death, and oppression wherever it went. By the end of the century over 100 million lives around the world in the name of Communism.
Other aftershocks of WWI were the rise of Japanese expansion the Pacific that would lead eventually to war with the USA, the beginning of the end of European Colonialism, and the rise of the Women’s Rights movement.
In the Middle East the collapse of The Ottoman Empire allowed the rise of pan-Arab movements across the region and the seeds of the conflict between Arabs and Jews in what now know as Israel were first planted with the creation of the Mandate of Palestine.
In short, on this day 106 years ago the world as it was known then came to an end and the world as we know it today was born.
This post was edited on 6/28/20 at 12:59 pm
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Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:00 pm to Darth_Vader
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In short, on this day 106 years ago the world as it was known then came to an end and the world as we know it today was born.
WW1 was Trump’s fault too?
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:00 pm to Darth_Vader
Solid post. The War to end all Wars
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:00 pm to Darth_Vader
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In short, on this day 106 years ago the world as it was known then came to an end and the world as we know it today was born.
Back when men were men, not queers that wear masks
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:00 pm to Darth_Vader
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the world as we know it today was born.
no. the world was changed in 2020 just like in 1914.
different reasons, obviously
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:01 pm to Darth_Vader
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his wife
WYHI?
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:02 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:Uh....conflagration??
the greatest global configuration
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:03 pm to Darth_Vader
IIRC, didn’t Princip dick up the initial assassination attempt and then say frick it, let’s get a sammich; only to have the Archduke take a wrong turn and then have a flat right in front of the restaurant where Princip was grubbing. Crazy shite.
ETA - The story isn’t substantiated and there wasn’t a flat tire.
From the Smithsonian,
ETA - The story isn’t substantiated and there wasn’t a flat tire.
From the Smithsonian,
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Armed with bombs and pistols supplied by Serbian military intelligence, seven conspirators position themselves at intervals along the archduke’s route. The first to strike is Nedeljko Cabrinovic, who lobs a hand grenade toward Franz Ferdinand’s open touring car. But the grenade is an old one, with a 10-second fuse. It bounces off the limo and into the road, where it explodes under the next vehicle in the motorcade. Although several officers in that car are hurt, Franz Ferdinand remains uninjured. To avoid capture, Cabrinovic drains a vial of cyanide and throws himself into a nearby river—but his suicide bid fails. The cyanide is past its sell-by date, and the river is just four inches deep. The bombing throws the rest of the day’s plans into disarray. The motorcade is abandoned. Franz Ferdinand is hurried off to the town hall, where he is due to meet with state officials. Disconsolate, the remaining assassins disperse, their chance apparently gone. One of them, Gavrilo Princip, heads for Moritz Schiller’s delicatessen, on Franz Joseph Street. It’s one of Sarajevo’s smartest shopping destinations, just a few yards from the bustling through road known as Appel Quay. As Princip queues to buy a sandwich, Franz Ferdinand is leaving the town hall. When the heir gets back into his limousine, though, he decides on a change of plan—he’ll call at the hospital to visit the men injured in the grenade blast. There’s just one problem: the archduke’s chauffeur, a stranger to Sarajevo, gets lost. He swings off Appel Quay and into crowded Franz Joseph Street, then drifts to a stop right in front of Schiller’s. Princip looks up from his lunch to find his target sitting just a few feet away. He pulls his gun. Two shots ring out, and the first kills Franz Ferdinand’s wife, Sophie. The second hits the heir in the neck, severing his jugular vein. The archduke slumps back, mortally wounded. His security men hustle Princip away. Inside Schiller’s deli, the most important sandwich in the history of the world lies half-eaten on a table.
This post was edited on 6/28/20 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:03 pm to 4Ghost
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Solid post. The War to end all Wars
Yet the battles being fought today in the Arab world are the bastard children of World War 1.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:05 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:Oh I thought you meant The View premiered
106 Years Ago Today, the World Went Mad
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:10 pm to jimmy the leg
Princip wasn’t the one who ducked it up. Another person threw a grenade that missed the main vehicle, rolled under a car behind it and went off. Then Ferdinand was rushed to the local police department for safety.
Princip wasn’t aware and just stayed at his post for hours. After leaving the police department, the driver continued on the same route, and the car stalled out right in front of Princip.
My favorite part was the guy who threw the granade ran, took a pill to kill himself, and jumped into a river. Unfortunately, the pill was old and didn’t work and the River was only a foot deep. I think this might me the crappiest single day any one human had.
Princip wasn’t aware and just stayed at his post for hours. After leaving the police department, the driver continued on the same route, and the car stalled out right in front of Princip.
My favorite part was the guy who threw the granade ran, took a pill to kill himself, and jumped into a river. Unfortunately, the pill was old and didn’t work and the River was only a foot deep. I think this might me the crappiest single day any one human had.
This post was edited on 6/28/20 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:13 pm to LSURussian
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Uh....conflagration??
fricking Apple autocorrect
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:15 pm to LSURussian
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the greatest global configuration
Uh....conflagration??
Few other typos as well. Communists were in "form" control? And I'm not sure what this sentence is trying to say:
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By the end of the century over 100 million lives around the world in the name of Communism.
But who among us is typo free? It's an interesting piece nonetheless.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:19 pm to Darth_Vader
The assassination triggered it but if it had not taken place there were many other potential triggers. Europe had been on the edge of war since 1870. Germany wanted to be the big swinging dick and England and France were having none of it.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:20 pm to Darth_Vader
And yet people will swear this is the worst time to live and there has never been more chaos in the world.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:20 pm to Darth_Vader
If you haven’t listened to Blueprint For Armageddon, do it
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:20 pm to jimmy the leg
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Cabrinovic drains a vial of cyanide and throws himself into a nearby river—but his suicide bid fails. The cyanide is past its sell-by date, and the river is just four inches deep.
Talk about an epic fail.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:24 pm to Darth_Vader
Imagine going into a room 106 years ago and making fun of France for being pussies and surrender monkeys. You’d get laughed out of the room or have your arse kicked
That war broke France even though they “won”, and the have never and will never be the same
That war broke France even though they “won”, and the have never and will never be the same
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:25 pm to Darth_Vader
That, sir, is a great post. 
Posted on 6/28/20 at 1:26 pm to jimmy the leg
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The first to strike is Nedeljko Cabrinovic, who lobs a hand grenade toward Franz Ferdinand’s open touring car. But the grenade is an old one, with a 10-second fuse. It bounces off the limo and into the road, where it explodes under the next vehicle in the motorcade. Although several officers in that car are hurt, Franz Ferdinand remains uninjured. To avoid capture, Cabrinovic drains a vial of cyanide and throws himself into a nearby river—but his suicide bid fails. The cyanide is past its sell-by date, and the river is just four inches deep.
Good Lord. What a moron.
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