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As Americans should we talk more about Gavrilo Princip and his role in our history?
Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:47 pm
The butterfly effect of history fascinates me.
Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Ferdinand which eventually led to WW1 and Europe wiping much of itself out to the United States’ benefit. Of course WW1 led to WW2 and our eventual superpower status.
I actually think if one looks at how things shook out Gavrilo Princip is one of the most important people to the United States’ history. A person could have told him that his actions were going to indirectly help create the most powerful and arguably most prosperous country in the history of the world.
Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Ferdinand which eventually led to WW1 and Europe wiping much of itself out to the United States’ benefit. Of course WW1 led to WW2 and our eventual superpower status.
I actually think if one looks at how things shook out Gavrilo Princip is one of the most important people to the United States’ history. A person could have told him that his actions were going to indirectly help create the most powerful and arguably most prosperous country in the history of the world.
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Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:51 pm to weagle99
It was a tragedy for the western world.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:51 pm to weagle99
WWI was the beginning of the end of the Republic. If Princip is to be remembered for his contributions to this country, it should not be fondly.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:51 pm to weagle99
Congrats on listening to Dan Carlin
Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:52 pm to weagle99
I think he is pretty well recognized as one of the most pivotal figures in world history.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:54 pm to Gnar Cat21
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Dan Carlin
Never listened to him
This post was edited on 8/18/19 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:59 pm to weagle99
He is very important in history, but America was already heading towards greatness about two decades before. Our industrial might was maturing in the 1890s, our banking industry was starting to increase. Also, our population began to explode. Now, with war comes technological breakthroughs that increase productivity, but let’s not act like America wasn’t already pushing her weight around in the world’s oceans before that fateful day.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 4:08 pm to weagle99
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This post was edited on 1/11/21 at 2:20 am
Posted on 8/18/19 at 4:09 pm to weagle99
Yes
Posted on 8/18/19 at 4:10 pm to SCLibertarian
quote:Naw. Lincoln would be the beginning of the end, though WW1 was certainly one of the next major acts, after the Spanish American War.
WWI was the beginning of the end of the Republic.
This post was edited on 8/18/19 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 8/18/19 at 6:21 pm to weagle99
I was at the Archduke's vacation castle outside of Prague in May
Nice little crib
He actually survived the first attempt
Nice little crib
He actually survived the first attempt
Posted on 8/18/19 at 6:31 pm to JuiceTerry
quote:Want to travel here so bad. I will get there eventually. Almost every single traveler I know raves about this city.
Prague
Posted on 8/18/19 at 6:35 pm to makinskrilla
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I think he is pretty well recognized as one of the most pivotal figures in world history.
The notion that, but for his act, none of that other stuff would have happened, seems like folly to me.
Guy just happened to be the smoldering tinder that started the inferno. Their were plenty of others floating around that could have and probably would have.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 6:38 pm to Y.A. Tittle
The first and second big ones are the reason the UK sucks these days. They lost so many of their men.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 6:52 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Can't recommend it enough
First went back in 98, it's changed a lot
Still mystical
First went back in 98, it's changed a lot
Still mystical
Posted on 8/18/19 at 7:48 pm to JuiceTerry
I study the causes of WW1 as a side hobby. WW1 would have occurred even without the assassination of Ferdinand and his wife. Russia had borrowed a boat load of money from France and was having trouble paying it back. There was a naval arms race ongoing between Britain, France, Germany, and to a lessor extent Italy and Russia. The Balkans were a powder keg, they wanted their independence but there was a crew of different tribes of religions and cultures existing elbow to elbow. The Ottoman Empire who once controlled this area were fizzing out and Romania and Bulgaria were struggling with Austria for control of the Balkans. Without Princip the war may have started a couple of years later, but it would have still started. Studying this is fascinating because many parallel ,similar events took place when Barry Obama was president.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 7:49 pm to weagle99
apparently not.
Any semi-serious student of history knows his impact
Any semi-serious student of history knows his impact
This post was edited on 8/18/19 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 8/18/19 at 7:55 pm to weagle99
Serbia lionized that frick with a statue
Posted on 8/18/19 at 8:11 pm to weagle99
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Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Ferdinand which eventually led to hentai
Mind blown.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 8:13 pm to SantaFe
There’s a lot to be said for the chief of staff for Austria-Hungary jonesing for a war with Serbia for a long time. If it hadn’t been the assassination, it’d have been something else.
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