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History February 4, 2025

What event led to the beginning of World War I?

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Troops on a night raid leave by a sap for the enemy lines, 20th century. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Retry Correct Incorrect According to the Library of Congress, a complicated web of international alliances led the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo to snowball into a conflict that would affect the whole world. Austria declared war on Serbia, which was allied with Russia. Austria and Russia called on the support of their respective allies, and before the world knew it, Europe’s biggest powers at the time were locked in combat.
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What event led to the beginning of World War I?

  • Germany’s conquest of Alsace and Lorraine
  • The sinking of the Lusitania
  • The Russian Revolution
  • The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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