Rabu, 19 Juli 2017

The Kaiser’s Question, 1914

The fate of the world hinged on one man’s answer. All of Europe tensed during the fateful summer of 1914 as the Austro- Hungarian Empire determined to eradicate the small Balkan kingdom of Serbia. There was little to covet in Serbia, a land Austrian Emperor Franz Josef characterized as consisting only of plum trees, goat …

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