The Balkan region, also known as the "Balkan Powder Keg", was the region where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated, causing the spark that would lead Austria to declare war. This led to a chain reaction of war declarations that began World War I, much like the devastating effects of a powder keg.
The Balkans.
The Balkan Peninsula
The Powder Keg of Europe is also called Balkan Powder Keg. The Balkans are Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.
powder keg of Europe
powder keg
Literally, a powder keg is a keg or barrel used to hold gunpowder. In figurative terms, a powder keg is an expression used to describe a potentially explosive social or political or other similar situation.
Several nationalist uprising had broken out in the Balkans.
That explosive region was the Balkans, and that was where the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand took place, thereby setting off WW I.
The Powder keg of Europe
The Balkans.
powder keg of Europe
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