This assassination lead to the start of the first world war.
It was the spark that began World War 1.
The Assassination That Began It All
World war 1 started after the Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip .
Became known as the spark that began World War 1.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
WW I began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in conjunction with the complex system of alliances in Europe before the war began caused a recipe for disaster that caused a sectional conflict to explode into a world war.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassnation is said to have been the spark that began World War 1.
World War 2 in Europe began with the German invasion of Poland, which started on 1 September 1939.
World War 1 began on July 28, 1914 due to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
I think soEDIT: No. The assassination started World War I, which began in 1914. In 1939, World War II began with the German invasion of Poland.