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Britain did not start World War 1. Technically, a Serbian nationalist named Gavrillo Princip killed Austrian heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand which was the final event that sparked the war to begin.
the main spark that set everything in to motion was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Princip Gavrillo(the guy who killed Franz, to avoid any confusion)
The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. He was killed by Gavrillo Princip, a slavic nationalist in Sarahevo, Bosnia in 1914. Austria-Hungary used this as an excuse to invade Bosnia.
Gavrillo Princip didn't "execute" anyone. Princip MURDERED Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, precipitating the First World War, which led to the deaths of several million people within the next couple of years, and 100 million people more over the next 50 years. He was 19 years old at the time; a young, thuggish, bully with delusions of grandeur.
The Zimmerman telegram ,and/or Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo in 1914
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungrian throne, was assinated by Gavrillo Princip and members of the Black Hand Gang because the Auatro- Hungrian empire had taken away Bosnia from the Serbian empire.
Gavrilo Princip was the assassin who killed Franz Ferdinand and sparked the war.
Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnia Serb protesting Austrian imperial rule, killed Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, on June the 28th of 1914. Within a month, Princip's actions led to the start of the First World War.
Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip while on a business trip in Europe.
Gavrillo Princip (Serbian) short Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Austria-Hungary in 1914. The Austro-Hungarian government blamed Serbia for supporting Princip, and then invaded Serbia. Russia helped Serbia, then Germany came in to help Austria-Hungary. Frnace then came to help Russia. Britain didn't join the war until Germany put its Schlifflen Plan into operation (invading France through Germany). The armistice ws signed 5am 11th November 1918. There was then a cease fire at 11am.
Gavrilo Princip, in assasinating Arch Duke Ferdinand, started WWI
Gavrilo Princip is the main person who is believed to have started World War 1. He was a Serbian who was involved in a chain of reactions which culminated in WWI.