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What event “lit the fuse” that resulted in the Great War?

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Answer: On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated with his wife Sophie near Latin Bridge by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb. It is widely believed that the pistol shots by Princip lit the fuse for WWI.

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