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How did problems in the Balkans and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand lead to the outbreak of ww1

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The assasination of Franz Ferdinand lead to the outbreak of war because Austria-Hungary saw this as a direct attack against them, and used it as a excuse to declare war on the Serbians for supposedly helping the Bosnians on the assasination.

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