Archduke Franz Ferdinand Quote by Barbara W. Tuchman

“The initial shooting that led to the conflict was itself a farce. The assassin in question was a Yugoslav nationalist named Gavrilo Princip. He…

— J.M.R. Higgs

“Far from shocking the rulers of Europe, the war that erupted in August 1914 was widely anticipated, rigorously rehearsed, immensely resourced and meticulously planned.”

— Paul Ham

“Meanwhile the subject peoples of the Austrian Empire were starting to think they might rule themselves—which was why the Bosnian nationalist Gavrilo Princip had…

— Ken Follett

World War III will be triggered off not by suppressed nationalists seeking political independence, as happened the first time around when the Serbs at…

— Philip Roth

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Found Alive! First World War a Mistake!

— Spike Milligan

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

— Otto von Bismarck

“In 1914, Franz Ferdinand, the Austrian imperial heir, was shot and killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo. Do you know the motive behind…

— Loren D. Estleman

“ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND. 1863-1914. LLIE LIGHTLY UPON HIM EARTH, THO' HE / LAID MANY A HEAVY BURDEN UPON THEE.”

— John Green

I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment.

— Gavrilo Princip

“Waving his arm over the carnage, the German remarked that the American attack that morning had been a “foolish affair.” He himself had known…

— Joseph E. Persico

Hitler at the end thought that he himself was one more casualty in the war.

— Kurt Vonnegut

The fact is that there was a long war in which Serbia and its capital Belgrade were bombarded and attacked with missiles. It was…

— Vladimir Putin