Synopsis
How the duke's death led to the start of the First World War.
- Programme: Days That Shook the World
- Series: 1
- Episode: 2: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2004
- History | The First World War, 1894-1918 | The First World War, 1894-1918 | The causes of the First World War
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