One hundred years ago this summer the assassination in the Balkans of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, set off a chain of events that led to the greatest human-caused cataclysm in history. The Great War, what Winston Churchill rightly called Armageddon, should never have happened. But it did, and because it did we should be concerned at how events are unfolding around the world today. Unlike WWII, the First World War didn't occur through premeditated Hitler-like aggression. One thing led to another, hideous missteps were made and manifold unimaginable horrors ensued.
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