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The immediate cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, by a Serbian nationalist, which led to Austria declaring war on Serbia. The underlying cause was the immense number of treaties signed by the various European powers, which plunged the entire continent (and eventually, much of the world) into a massive two-sided conflict.

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