A Shot that Changed the World - The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand I PRELUDE TO WW1 - Part 3/3

[@soupy4099]

The entire assassination is like something out of a comedy routine.

[@AndresRamirez-fi5uw]

+Soupy according to youtube commenter 556deltawolf "To add more to the amateur assassination attempt on the Archduke, the 3 of the four assassins were actually caught when the grenade went off (one of whom had to be fished out of a river). Princip escaped but believed the mission was a failure so he walked into a cafe and spent his last few dollars on sandwiches and alcohol. According to some police reports, Princip was drunk and contemplating suicide when he walked out of the cafe when he spotted and shot the Archduke and his wife" it really does sound like a comendy lmao xDroutine

[@AndresRamirez-fi5uw]

MainstreamPoPsucks3 well yeah no doubt there.

[@cloudstrife2131]

Or....the driver was in on the plan the whole time. "Accidentally" turn onto the wrong road, sure.

[@Toniboi]

+Soupy I'm related to the Gavrilo.... Welp

[@matthewlaurence3121]

+MainstreamPoPsucks3 Indeed, he would have used either Serbian Dinars from his home across the border which would probably have been accepted in most establishments, or Austrio-Hungarian Krone.

[@joelloyd-allen8870]

This is genuinely the most innovate and creative KZbin channel I've ever seen - this should be shown in classrooms

[@TheGreatWar]

We have a lot of teachers who love to use our show in class.

[@alitamali1238]

Joe Lloyd-allen my teacher showed me a video about poison gas from this channel

[@edinmercer7168]

The Great War Hi i just got my test about ww1. The question was: When did ww1 begin and i answered 28.juli.1914. That was wrong. Do you think that is right?

[@valhallagalex]

According to wikipedia, you were correct Ree Play.

[@edinmercer7168]

Yeah i were a little pissed about that *****​

[@fien111]

"What was that?" "Someone threw a bomb at us, but it exploded down the road a bit. Looks like a few men got hurt." "Bugger! We'll have to go visit them after we're done with today's scheduled events. Continue onward and ask this nice gentlemen for directions."

[@mistersmith1883]

Bc the drivers were asked to stop in front of princip. It was on purpose. The uncle waned to avenge hood nephew the archduke. Austria Hungary played a part in archduke death. Research

[@dataportdoll7918]

My favorite description of the assassination is "The Serbs who wanted liberty for their people unwittingly killed the man most likely to give it to them". There was also the "United States of Greater Austria" plan which was drafted specifically for Ferdinand since it conformed to his views.

[@spaceopera87]

Sounds familiar eh?

[@fico1981ful]

He would never give freedom to Serbs, Ferdinand was a bloodthirsty tyrant.He got what he deserve,but I feel sorry for Sofia,she was just collateral damage.

[@Solarius1983]

Idiot...

[@frekcho850]

Filip Novakovic well he was less conservative than Franz Joseph he was willing to decrease power of the Austrians in order to hold the empire together. Franz Joseph wanted to have a strong Austrian empire due to prussoaustrian war. Franz Ferdinand was best boi before Princip gone mess it up.

[@kosanstanojevic]

Why unwittingly? Serbia doubled its territory after that war and Austro hungary never recovered.

[@danielrogers7378]

"One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans" -Otto Von Bismark

[@thatone846]

​@o O Well, while I can't find a citation, a lot of people believe he did. So did Bismark say that? I dunno. We'll have to chalk this one up as plausible.

[@uiraideszen3223]

What a prediction!👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@monstersamator5288]

This was all plan to get rid off the ottoman empire. It back fired and got rid of all european monarch.Great britain got weaken too but they wanted to ottoman out.

[@milekosorich9087]

It was British German War I an II one

[@sheranperera5645]

@@monstersamator5288 Really, in the late 19th century the ottoman influence was diminishing, they were to far behind economically and with advanced weaponry by that day if you compare with the other empires, ultimately the German empire was more advanced, their economy was booming, new technological advances and they was the real threat for the old empires.....

[@KaydenF901]

They should keep the bullet in a museum with this sign: Ultimate chain reaction. Bullet leads to WW1 WW1 leads to Great Depression Great Depression leads to Nazis Nazis leads to WW2 WW2 leads to the holocaust WW2 leads to Germany getting split up. Germany getting split up leads to iron curtain Iron curtain leads to the Cold War The Cold War leads to Korean War Korean War leads to aggressive North Korea. The Cold War leads to Afghanistan war Afghanistan war leads to the Mujahadeen The Mujahadeen leads to Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda leads to 9/11 9/11 leads to Iraqi occupation Iraqi occupation leads to ISIS. Wow, the entire 20th and 21st century is the assassin's fault.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Desner346 That's a bit too simple isn't it? And doesn't give much credit and/or responsibility to the people that acted in the 100 years in between.

[@caboose.20]

+The Great War especially the "WW1 leads to Great Depression" bit.

[@caboose.20]

you completely ignored Vietnam.

[@johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116]

It should have said "Great Depression leads to fascism and military expansion."

[@johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116]

+Leonell Valderama And "WW2 leads to huge genocides."

[@996vlada]

The black hand, honestly didn't think the boys could pull it off. They just gave them the equipment and told them, go ahead, try it, they didn't even get any training, they told them to learn to shoot themselves. What you could have mentioned is the cultural and historical of June 28th for Serbs. The very date chosen was a provocation.

[@Challenge9000]

Yevta Yes, the anniversary of their defeat.

[@996vlada]

Jean-Francois Simard First, it was a draw. Second, there are many many more things that happened on the 28th of June in various centuries.

[@MsSomeone98]

How is it a draw? The Serbian army was destroyed, Serbia was annexed by the Ottoman Empire. The Serbs did some damage, but the Ottomans had numerical superiority and soldiers to spare, so they could recover. I know Serbs are proud and all that, but for fuck's sake don't rewrite history. Serbs pit up a good fight, but lost. That's it.

[@visi_inspektor_besevic]

@Water Melonees Turks suffered extremely heavy losses in Battle of Kosovo they couldn't recover,not that fast, they lost the leader (sultan) ,Serbs too, and they had to retreat and reassemble in Asia minor where they had very serious situation with Mongols. Serbian knights (under command of prince/despot Stefan Lazarevic) also fought as vassals on Ottoman's side against Mongols. Beside they really had huge and strong army during that period (Kosovo), much stronger then Serbs togheter with some allies, Ottoman's sultan Murad did hesitate with full atack cause he already lost couple minor battles against Lazar (battle of Plocnik and battle of Dubravica) and didn't want to take any chances, so he was waiting for reinforsments gathered mostly in Asia Minor and other areas. So, battle of Kosovo was at 1389 and Serbian medieval state totally fell in 1459 (siege of Smederevo) 70 yrs later. So if I can say that Kosovo is some kind of delayed lost battle. Ottomans needed over 100 yrs to conquer Balkan (mostly over smaller serbian states) from Gallipoli (1354) all the way to Danube (Siege of Smederevo 1459) which is not so fast as many think.

[@AscensionOfAuriel]

*Victory actually.

[@col.cottonhill6655]

we can't even skateboard in our city park.

[@col.cottonhill6655]

yes I realise that. I was actually pointing out how much things have changed.

[@spaceopera87]

Shit's gotten so stupid in the US

[@xXCubixGamingXx]

spaceopera87 Its only getting shittier

[@namewarvergeben]

This is to prevent an assassination by skateboard which could cause WW3

[@actualideas8078]

Col. Cotton Hill hahah it’s time for CHANGE

[@desktopstu4145]

The last living member of the assassination team was a chap by the name of Vaso Cubrilovic. He died in 1990, aged 93. He once said in later life of the assasination: "We destroyed a beautiful world that was lost forever due to the war that followed."

[@kondoric]

Well, nobody likes this. strange. People are strange and miserable.

[@UhOh239]

He got lucky by escaping his death penalty for his young age, the others also escaped but they were unlucky as they had tuberculosis.

[@worldeater1498]

“I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening the villages. That is why I took revenge and regret nothing” -Gavrilo Princip

[@jasonrichards2844]

These were very strong words from Gavrilo Princip.

[@nijomumin6549]

...BOSNIA BELONG TO BOSNIANS, not to Serbs or Austro-Hungarians,...

[@philippantic]

@@nijomumin6549 you should thank gavrilo for that

[@nijomumin6549]

@@philippantic ...for what ??? ...he caused a war that took hundreds of thousands of Bosnian's lives ???

[@philippantic]

@@nijomumin6549 atleast you got your country back didnt you, you ungreatful pleb

[@molder666]

“Our shadows will walk through Vienna, wander the court, frighten the lords.”

[@MalaZmijaProfesore]

Neka se ne zaboravi!!!! 1914.

[@wokeup8903]

Amato Ciciretti granate na kuurvate

[@dejanbgdbhoy]

kukavičko avarsko hrvacko kopile

[@heheeheahaha5948]

Amato Ciciretti klasicna Hrvatska opsednutos Srbima okanite nas se govna iskompleksirana

[@kosanstanojevic]

Mrzis ljude koje ne poznajes, smesan si.

[@jthunderstriker]

the story of this day is my favorite story in all of history. one guy throws a bomb, it doesn't work, the whole plan is foiled, everyone disperses and the archduke gets away. and then while sulking at a cafe thinking about how the whole plan failed, princip looks up and just happens to see his target sitting right in front of him due to confusion and mechanical problems with the car. and bang, a nobody with a tiny little pistol changes the world forever!

[@12tn2]

history wanted Franz to die

[@Impositivelygay]

THATS your favorite day in history? A bleak day about death that was a catalyst for a horrifying war? You should be ashamed

[@flowerbomb1992]

I just finished the third part of the prelude and man, that was amazing. You really brought me back to the days I enjoyed learning history. Thank you very much for this, I will spread the word about your channel to all my friends and family.

[@TheGreatWar]

Thank you and welcome to our show.

[@markom5816]

If you think WW1 never would've happened if it wasnt for Gavrilo, you are truely kidding yourself.

[@TheGreatWar]

Agreed.

[@bracken1000]

We will never know for sure.

[@Perseverance0626]

Yes Sherlock

[@Impaled_Onion-thatsmine]

@Emperor Franz Josef I that may be true but there was war going on in every demographic and it's an immediate cause not a historical one, europe has a history of commonwealth empires, Austria-Hungary, poland-Lithuania while germany being kind of a state limping along unable to do anything about it it's similar to the collapse of any isolated power by invading them at opportune moments but the history is embedded in the situation as a threshold bottleneck forcing migrated settlements to join

[@isaaccheung1843]

Maybe countries before the First World War should establish an international peace organization for example, the League of Nations to prevent world wars in the future.

[@cedricgist7614]

It's 4 years since your team began this ambitious project and I want to thank you for your work. Began the series last night with S1E1 and was glad to see you did 3 episodes on "Prelude To War. " I never got a grasp of WWI in school and it has always been eclipsed by WWII in my thinking. I've always thought it was ironic and shortsighted for folk to call WWI "The Great War " or "The War To End All Wars, " when a few decades later, an even worse conflict would erupt. As I type this, I am aware of some of your other video channels on WWI and baseball - which I've also enjoyed as I've sampled from time to time. Just wanted to thank you all for your dedication to bringing history alive.

[@K_jotaro]

Yo bro how you doing after 5 years

[@mrmapperil8144]

True story: Princip was my Great-Great-Grandmother's neighbor in Sarajevo.

[@mrmapperil8144]

***** another true story: Princip got bored of waiting for Ferdinand, so he went to buy a sandwich. But before he got his sandwich, he noticed Ferdinand, so he shot him.

[@DrTonio-bx4xo]

+MrMapperIL I heard something like this

[@christiancristof491]

+MrMapperIL That's quite funny.

[@christianbutcher8496]

+MrMapperIL Sorry, but that's a wive's tale, as they say. Sandwiches didn't even exist in Sarajevo in 1914. No one is sure where this rumor first came about, but it's certainly not true.

[@mrmapperil8144]

Christian Butcher Sandwiches existed much before 1914 0.0

[@Marjorie_Fisher]

One thing that is so fascinating about history is how important the seemingly minor details are. If the driver hadn't turned down the wrong road, who knows what would have happened. The tapestry of history is so intricately woven with all the small details coming together to form the big picture. It may seem like an event is unimportant, but somehow or other that little event is connected to a big one. A single thread missing would not change a tapestry drastically, but pull enough away, and you have a different look. One event leads to another, which leads to another, an so on. Hypothetically, if one event were to be changed, potentially all the events that follow would change, and the ultimate result would be a world that is completely different.

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

Or that the perpetrator was a terrorist who was trained by "The Black Hand" which was like the Al-Qaeda of the balkans...

[@marcwittkowski5146]

It has been about 8 years since I last studied any aspects of the first world war and never before have I learned this much on that tipic in such a short time as in the last hour, just watching your videos. You deserve more subscribers, I'll recommend you to anyone even remotely interested in this era.

[@TheGreatWar]

Thanks and welcome to the show.

[@ТФЦРСЦЗВ]

"Our shadows will be walking through Vienna, strolling through the courts, frightening lords". Gavrilo Princip

[@ПопУшими23]

@Emperor Franz Josef I Don't mess with Serbs, or you'll finish like Franz Ferdinand!

[@oneshotonekill897]

Цвијовић Димитрије True

[@lukacurcic5403]

@Emperor Franz Josef I than we showed you to never mess with serbia🇷🇸

[@aalb1873]

And imagine the opposite

[@Tom-2142]

@@lukacurcic5403 Serbia did amazing in World War One for their population size and economy, however, if it was not for the allied help, they probably would have lost, and been occupied or annexed.

[@aye_che]

Just the name of the town “Sarajevo” sends chills down my spine. The place where everything took a wrong turn (literally).

[@robertjarman3703]

Of course, the Cellist of Sarajevo also would have something to say about why the city is chilling.

[@doid3r4s]

You do know why Princip stopped to eat a sandwich, right...? Because he was in Austria hungry xD

[@frenchmusicsxd1907]

Hahaaaaaa lol I got it!!!!!

[@joeyhunter7571]

doid3r4s THIS IS SO CORNY BUT I LOVE IT

[@respectorofwomen6648]

doid3r4s boooo!

[@christophersalinas2722]

doid3r4s Hungary * but i see it’s a meme.

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

* Several people are typing *

[@lordilluminati5836]

*Austria invades* it was at that moment princip knew, he fucked up.

[@john_smith_john]

MMM, THIS MUSTARD GAS IS SLAAAAAAAAAMMINNNNNNNN

[@dkupke]

I actually doubt Princip cared much at all. He wanted to be a martyr.

[@roguegrowler5922]

patricio torre AUSTRIA INVADES It was at that moment they knew, they fucked up

[@jiml4623]

Didn't fuck up much since he was in prison and Serbia defeated Austria-hungary and created the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

[@megalodon7916]

+Jim L He never lived to see that, he died in an Austrian prison in April 1918. He died miserably, too. He contracted tuberculosis in jail, which ate away at his bones. As the disease progressed, he became weaker and weaker, and the war he started worsened the conditions at his prison, meaning he never received any real treatment for his illness. The disease did so much damage to his skeletal system that his right arm had to be amputated. By the time of his death, he weighed only eighty-eight pounds, could barely move, and was emaciated and malnourished. Hell of a way to go. Still, considering what he started, it seems fitting that he died horribly.

[@OldMrSarvy]

that serb guy: it was just a prank bro,chill,just a prank!

[@ishitarawat9475]

black pilled 😂👍

[@silentos6925]

World of Wargaming citajuci tvoj komentar iq mi je opao toliko da ne znam gde se nalazim.

[@nikoletakoljanin4360]

Kretenu

[@mihajlobukovic4288]

@@silentos6925 bio je bosanac a svi okrivili da je srb

[@silentos6925]

Bosanci su srbi

[@vaineratom7739]

this is an amazing channel

[@mokodo_]

Imagine, 20 million of the people that heard about Franz Ferdinards assassination didn't know yet that it would mean their deaths

[@jasonodom9277]

Wow never thought of that

[@kibicz]

"He thought Slavs were less than human.." Then why did he marry one?

[@The51stDivision]

+1

[@sillyname6808]

***** Thats the Prussian answer to everything though.

[@only-mint]

[Prussia Intensifies]

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

kibicz Two answers are likely, either he is hypocrite or women are just worse anyway and being slavic only adds dominance to him.

[@evzenvarga9707]

Krab duck Yes actually western slavs.

[@nusproizvodjach]

Just wanted to say that Princip is pronounced "Printsip", not "Princhip"...

[@DjStiv3]

+nusproizvodjach the i is like an e sound. You would pronounce it similar to how a russian with an accent might. (you can imagine)

[@nusproizvodjach]

+DjStiv3 In Serbian, there is no distinction between long and short "i" (e.g. sheep vs. ship). But yes, the pronunciation is closest to 'Preen-tzeep with stress on the first syllable.

[@DjStiv3]

+nusproizvodjach lol im serbian.

[@nusproizvodjach]

So am I :)

[@DjStiv3]

nusproizvodjach xD i had a feeling you may be. Shame for what happened, but hey i kinda feel the dude desreved it anyway and with all the BS, some shit would have went down either way you know? at some point russia would have gotten involved, the exact thing the guy didnt want and im not so sure he didnt want a war. He would have just rather wanted to prepare better for the eventual war that was going to come. Just like any country, they play all nice but got WMDs and other stuff in their backyard ready to come at you.

[@gcircle]

You done goofed, Princip

[@qentox2485]

+gcircle Griaß eich! I bin nwt guat drauf owa da Franz is söber scheud, owa najo is heut so! Es is jo scho long her :D Meine Urlioma is 111 Johr olt worn (My Great-Grandgranma is 111 Years old and she said that was not good the 1 war and we are from Austria :D

[@konfuchie357]

Sluggishly the time drags And there is nothing new Today all like yesterday Tomorrow is prepared the same. And instead of being at war While the battalion trumpets scream Here we are in the prison On us the clanging chains. Every day the same life Trampled, crushed and broken I am not an idiot That for me is a death. But rightly said once Žerajić, the gray falcon: Who wants to live should die Who wants to die should live. - Gavrilo Princip

[@guyjuliano685]

European Stuff He ended up putting Bosnia under Serbian rule in Yugoslavia, and then eventually Bosnia started a civil war to break away from Serbia, so he really didn’t free Bosnia at all, he just fucked up

[@overdrive7349]

I hope he’s suffering for all of the death he’s caused

[@uiraideszen3223]

@@konfuchie357,he really said that?

[@KappoDB]

Пуцај Гаврило!

[@individualist00000]

znate zasto je gavrilo ubijo franz ferdinanda, radi principa

[@MarsLonsen]

too late mate

[@edvin164]

pa vi ste svaki rat poceli zato sto ne znate nista drugo

[@nusknvp566]

vidi sa di si mali glupi klinac.Nisi ti jos stigao do osmog razreda gde se ovo uci.Ne razumes ti jos nista...

[@edvin164]

Markezz Bagić Hahaha dobro pa ti znas 😂😂😂

[@nimbly1693]

I really enjoyed this video. You've put a lot more into it then people realize I think. You look the part, your video is well framed, and it flows very well.

[@TheGreatWar]

Thanks, we do try to shine.

[@nesossin]

This channel should have millions of views. So impotant that we don't forget history.

[@TheGreatWar]

+nesossin We just passed 10 million views, so we're getting there.

[@Littlzzzxxd]

@@TheGreatWar 277 million now!

[@46Laxis]

This is simply the most interesting thing i've found on youtube. I've always been interested in history but since it's not my field or profession I get bored quickly. You make history interesting and easy to understand. I wish you make videos about WW2 as well but without having to wait for 26 years.

[@TheGreatWar]

Lexis46 We are considering a WW2 channel of course.

[@akshittripathi5403]

+The Great War The 75th anniversary sounds like a nice time to start :D

[@daman1209]

I as a person of Balkan decent with an understanding of Balkan history want to congratulate you on making a great and factually accurate video. Most Balkan people will agree with what you said here. Unlike most other "history" channels which get facts wrong or even weave in their own biases *cough* Crash Course *cough* you were able to produce an accurate, unbiased and well made video. Well done. My only criticism is that I wish you went into greater detail as to what the Young - Bosnia - Movement's motives were (Yugoslavia), the ethnic-religious make up of the group and if possible how they differed from other groups, such as the black hand (which wanted Greater Serbia). I feel motive is a really important factor of consideration in history, particularly weight that was carried behind this assassination. Other than that I believe you done a great job with your video. Keep up the good work! I hope your channel becomes more successful.

[@TheGreatWar]

+daman1209 In hindsight we would have love to start with some more depths in the beginning but you won't believe how close to the first video we started producing the show.

[@octavianhughes4493]

What u got against crash course m8?

[@strikethespike816]

I'm really glad this video was made. My history class in highschool didn't talk much about WW1 and very little was told about the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

[@jakeola10]

This is such a great video. Really goes into depth. This whole event could make a fantastic film

[@TheGreatWar]

And there are more videos where that came from.

[@jelkel25]

You can't judge many European leader's of state's security arrangements in those days by modern standards. For starters, many would have viewed masses of security as a dishonourable thing, you've already let your enemies win as the security means you haven't got moral authority. Queen Victoria had the odd assassination attempt, the (attempted) assassin on one occasion was apprehended by passers by and handed to Scotland Yard!! So her total security was Prince Albert and her drivers and she was saved by the locals! Churchill in the 40s had one bodyguard, two if things looked a bit tricky. In the 1960s British prime minister, Harold Wilson used public transport and no special arrangements were made, he just sat with everyone else. Moral authority counted for a lot in the past (even if you didn't really deserve it) so I can understand what Franz Ferdinand was doing.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

True. As they rely more on TV and become more remote, they have more and more security. In the 1980s I could walk past No. 10 Downing Street in London, and it is not as though Thatcher was universally popular. Now you cannot go down that street without special permission and there is a guarded gate. Nowadays you get rhetoric from leaders after a bombing or whatever about not letting the terrorists win, lead your lives normally etc. But for at least the last two decades these leaders have been making damn sure they were well guarded.

[@jelkel25]

@tommy aronson Read what was said again. If you don't understand read it again. Don't pick out key words to emotionally react to like a lazy, arrogant school child.

[@stephenheath8465]

true back in those days there was more ideological motivated assassins running around than today

[@mrvalvet9856]

This is the coolest channel on KZbin! I have some watching to do for the next couple of weeks! :)

[@TheGreatWar]

+MrValVet welcome to the show

[@strpcanin]

(2:42) Well, "the park" where Princip had his shooting practice is actually a forest that is on a hill side and was some 3-4 km away from the city line back in that time. To be precise. I thought it may be useful to say that even Serbian authorities tried to warn Austrians about "something" that could happen in Sarajevo. After expelling the Turks and resist to Bulgarians in two previous wars 1912. and 1913. Serbia for sure didn't want to fight against mighty A-H, surely not right away in 1914. Black hand was a terrorist anarchistic organization mostly consisted of officers led by masons. They managed to overthrown last king of Obrenović dinasty and put Karadjordjević, a rival one, instead. After that, no mater they brought new king to Serbia, they were involved in a series of plots and were hated from all the governments which finally led to a trial and execution of their "leader" in Thesalloniki during WWI which was done by Serbian court in exile.

[@Tboy439]

One of the leaders if not the leader of the Black Hand was none other than Leon Trotsky who many believe directly organized the assasination of Ferdinand.

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

@@Tboy439 lmao, where are you getting this from? In 1914, Leon was in Café Central, playing chess. Why would he assassinate the Archduke?

[@Tboy439]

@@bezahltersystemtroll5055 ...To start a war. He may have been playing chess in Cafe Central in 1914, which would not have stopped him from giving orders to his subordinates of the Black Hand to murder the Arch Duke. In 1917 he was in New York City, a personal guest of New York Banker Jacob Schiff, who would later give Trotsky 20 million in gold and made sure his puppet Woodrow Wilson signed all the neccesary papers to get him to Russia to execute the Russian Revolution. Of the 384 Commissars who took over Russia after the revolution, 264 came from America, including Trotsky.

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

@@Tboy439 Yes, I'm sure the Black Hand, a fiercely nationalist and pro-zarist organisation, was delighted to take orders from a notorious Russian revolutionary Marxist, and a quite left leaning one at that. I'm gonna assume that Schiff also hosted some members of OHL, given that he must have known the Germans would send Lenin to St. Petersburg? And the way he and Trotsky somehow had calculated in 1914 that the war would not just end in a landslide Russian victory, as many feared, which would have strengthened authoritarian monarchy on the continent for decades - brilliant. Very selfless of these millionaires to finance a man who wants to abolish private ownership of the means of production, too! I gained new respect for those shadowy conspirators, all the power to them, they deserve it 🙂

[@kbholla]

This has to be when the word 'irony' was spawned. It has to have been. I've been following this channel near religiously for about 5 months, and awesome does not do you guys justice. I had two great-grandfathers in the war, so it mean perhaps a little more to be how much you go in depth, and hold no bias. Thank you.

[@roykeane5161]

2 and a half years later and its still going strong. Much respect, Ive learned so much

[@lucyspencer8748]

This is incredibly interesting. World War 1 tends to get ignored in American schools so it's so great to hear all of the great stuff about what happened in Europe 100 years ago rather than hearing about World War 2 for the tenth time.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Probably because America only participated in a tiny portion of the fighting and the moral ambiguity

[@death2641]

Korean war was completely forgotten my history class only got one page learning from it

[@janejustin1788]

does America really learn anything about world geography and history? I hear some Americans can't even locate the US on world map

[@mdhookey]

If you're interested in Franz Ferdinand and Gavrilo Princip and just happen to be around Prague, there's two really fascinating places to see. Just south of Prague is Ferdinand's big chateau of Konopiště. It's a big medieval castle filled to the brim with animal trophies. That man was a slaughterhouse to anything with four legs. Also, just northwest of Prague, his killer Princip was held at the military prison of Terezin, a large Austro-Hungarian fortress that the Nazis later converted into a major concentration camp 30 years later. There's still a large plaque where Princip was held in, and he later died there, ironically just before the war ended.

[@darrenh116]

Great video! Just one thing -- the Black Hand was actually well-aware of Franz Ferdinand's plan to give Bosnia-Herzegovina more autonomy within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and that was, ironically, a driving factor in his assassination. The Black Hand did not want to see Bosnian Serbs given more autonomy, because that would placate them into remaining in the Empire. The Black Hand wanted to see Bosnia returned to Serbia and be completely free of any ties to Austria-Hungary.

[@TheGreatWar]

Darren H We should have made that more clear in the beginning - but call it early sins.

[@nikoneznanovic353]

Darren H what doi you mean by "returned ro serbia",that implies that bosnia was a part of serbia which in its history deinetly wasnt

[@mojewjewjew4420]

@@nikoneznanovic353 Bosnia was majority serb and still half of it is so yes its accurate to say return to.

[@kemybolt]

​@@mojewjewjew4420Bosniaks 52% of Bosnia. So called "RS" Will be destroyed

[@bukefalns]

It was Serbian and 90%of Muslims in bosna been Serbians but their ancestors change religion beliefs under Ottoman occupation. Best for everyone is to leave us alone to live our life's as we want don't come to tell us how shuld we live

[@rickvacha3158]

It was Sophie's anniversary gift that she was allowed to come with him on the trip . It was the first one she was ever on with him for that purpose. Its amazing to think that the way the world is today is still as result of this war .

[@michaelh4227]

20th century peace: *Exists* Gavrilo Princip: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@eli8908]

you got me hooked! nice series

[@TheGreatWar]

Welcome to our show!

[@georgepye5990]

So glad I just found this and can now binge-watch every single video

[@thijstinneveld3620]

Me 2! Really good :)

[@feliscorax]

The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne be like: “Take Me Out”. Gavrilo Princip: “Challenge accepted”.

[@komfykoala6083]

There's a band called Franz Ferdinand who released a song called "Take Me Out".

[@vukrankovic7587]

The guy that was supposed to guard Franc Ferdinand was Oscar Pocorek. The guy who thought he could conquer Serbia by 20th August, the guy who led 3 failed invasions against 12 times smaller country.

[@CodyCEngdahl]

I could write this on every episode, but I I'll do it here. This is the best thing on youtube. The work done to put together each episode is astounding. Each episode is highly entertaining. I could listen to Indiana Neidell narrate anything.

[@bracken1000]

Gavrilo Princip will forever live in the hearts of the Serbian people, the Polish people, and the Czechoslovakian people. They consider him to be Europe's great liberator.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

WW1did end in the creation of a Polish state, and some Poles before the war were of the opinion that only in a great war engulfing Russia, Germany and Austri-Hungary could a united Poland arise. They got their wish.

[@nightvvisher7713]

I didn't know that, im from Serbia, I love Poland and polish king Vladislav III Deus Vult!

[@arfn1973]

Ah yes the one who ruin geopolitic of Europe. I understand feeling of colonized as Indonesian, but still million of people, and the reaction and what it cause. Truly the moral dilemma for anyone like me.

[@Impositivelygay]

As a slovak person, ABSOLUTELY NOT! hes a murderer that was a catalyst for war, disgusting and should never be worshipped

[@janeyrevanescence12]

Personally, I think war would've broken out even if the Archduke had taken the throne, due to the massive egos and nationalistic pride running around.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Many Serbs had already died in wars with Turks and Bulgarians over the past couple of years. In fact they had a better idea of the reality of war than most people in early summer 1914. Still, the plot went ahead.

[@Dsanzo.]

Indy I have to study for exams, this is not good for me.

[@TheGreatWar]

Welcome to the show.

[@blandharp9795]

Dsanzo i was about to say that too

[@filipbajic8363]

The Great War where is the ocupation Bosnia ? This is the right problem because Princip kill Ferninad and pls don't u speak Serbian history many incorrect things.

[@logan3889]

Watch the other parts.

[@baronvoncarrotz5317]

your videos help me learn more about the great war as it is my favourite subject to study

[@TheGreatWar]

Welcome tot he show!

[@curiousme8]

What a KZbin channel! Thank you SO MUCH!

[@Navillus.55]

Very interesting and well narrated. Thank you.

[@abc64pan]

All this is so interesting. And I thought WW l was dull compared to WW ll. I was wrong.

[@TheGreatWar]

abc64pan Glad you like it and history should never be dull.

[@idhungw]

abc64pan same here!!

[@pavelvaracha1617]

I strongly believe that your statement from 1:58 ”He [Franz Ferdinand] thought that Slavs were less then human” represents very strong exaggeration. Lets compare it with the fact that he married Slavic wife and he was willing to sacrifice a lot for such a marriage. Present-day Czech historian Jiří Pernes even claims that Franz actually likes Croats (Slavic nation within the Empire) because there were Catholics. He was probably somehow suspicious to Czechs considering many of them to be secret Protestants. This opinion is in agreement with other Czech historians Dagmar Hájková and Luboš Velek. [1]

[@pavelvaracha1617]

[1] www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/archiv/1019711-tak-nam-zabili-ferdinanda

[@kreol1q1q]

+Pavel Vařacha Yes, I think he over-exaggerated that part as well. And yes, it was possible that he had certain (probably limited) positive opinions about the Croats, since they were both very catholic and very loyal to the monarchy (and they were heavily involved in crushing the Hungarian revolution - and Franz Ferdinand REALLY didn't like Hungarians). I also think his hatred of Hungarians was understated. He certainly had many more negative feelings about them than about the Slavs.

[@konfuchie357]

Well the Czechs are well known at sucking up to German and Austrian lords, so I wouldn't believe in their sources about anti-Slavic views of Franz-Ferdinand.

[@SI-cd7xs]

Czechs didn't even call themselves Czechs because Czechs were a Slavic tribe they called themselves bohemians lmao.

[@tricorntom2254]

One mistake here: Franz Ferdinand did not hate the Slavs. His wife was from Bohemia (Slavic) and Ferdinand himself was trying to extend Austria-Hungary from a dual empire to a tripartite one, that included the Slavs. So the Slavic peoples of Austria-Hungary lost perhaps their best friend on that tragic day.

[@LOKJAV]

My teacher sent me here. I did not expect that

[@Texas_21]

man these videos are so well put together and go into such great detail. Absolutely love them

[@willmccormick947]

Well done. Enjoyed this.

[@bracken1000]

Princip had no idea that the assassination would lead to a world war. When he was in prison, he was somewhat depressed at the thought that a world war had ensued. However, he did not regret killing the Archduke. As he said at his trial, "I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing".

[@YM-zf8mt]

Funny how history seem to be tainted with irony all the time

[@duktf4ke]

I am so glad I discovered this channel. Thank you so much for your great work!

[@darylbabbington6579]

Absolutely fantastic channel. Thank you for all of your amazing content.

[@twisted_cpp]

Good job Princip. YOU DONE FUCKED IT UP.

[@komlen95]

+Twisted Princip the hero.

[@IMfromNYCity]

+komlen95 That "hero" ignited a war that would kill 1/4 of the Serbian people, including 70% of their males. Princip's boss, Apis, was a traitor who murdered King Alexander and Queen Draga and started a war with Austria against his government's orders (Luckily, the Serbian government would execute Apis later in the war). If you want true Serbian heroes, look at King Petar or Milunka Savic or Radomir Putnik. As for Princip, he was nothing more than a misguided fool who doomed his people to absolute destruction.

[@komlen95]

IMfromNYCity why dont u fucking get it Austria planed war with serbs since 1909 they wanted it but they couldnt do alone they need german help (a german that wanted a fucking war too, they waited for good time to start ) so gavrilo killed and they give green light , war would satrt with that or without (u dont know its history but all looks like that)and yes he is a Hero he fought for freedom like all serbs did after that, they are all heroes Petar,Milunca and whole army and i am proud to be a serbian cause of my grandfathers , dont be closed mind open ur mind you really think they cared about that Ferdinand , no they didnt he didnt had any guards to protect him and he knew that bosnia was on fire since annexation :)

[@alexalonso227]

+komlen95 But you just said it. Austria wanted to go to war Serbia and Ferdinand was a major obstacle to that happening. If he took power, it wasn't going to happen. So Princip gave the Austrian leaders exactly what they wanted.

[@komlen95]

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[@lukas187x]

A tripartite state of Austria-Hungary-Yugoslavia (translated as 'Land of the Southern Slavs', if I recall correctly) seems a bit too idealistic in my opinion. I don't know, there are just too many 'what ifs' pertaining to WW1, so it's hard to tell.

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

It would not have mattered if Franz survived, the war would have come anyway by some other pretext, there had been an arms race for at least 30 years and everybody was armed to the teeth, they were just looking for an excuse.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Krister Andersson Absolutely. In the mythology of the nations, it was also seen as something necessary once in a while.

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

+The Great War Indeed, France wanted Elsass-Lothringen back, the Austro-Hungarian empire needed a foreign adventure to hold together their crumbling empire, the German Kaiser wanted to show of German superiority, the problem was that defencesystems had outstripped the offence systems, fast firing artillery, barbed wire and of course the watercooled machinegun. And finally the Dream of the short victorious war.

[@bracken1000]

+Krister Andersson I don't think anybody wanted a world war. Why would they?

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

Jason Smedley No they had not counted on that since they did not Think that the US or Britain for that matter would be involved. There were the myth of the short victorious war and this was propagated by all sides.

[@radovan2279]

+Jason Smedley Germany and Austria were growing economic and military powers but short in colonies. In order to get them they had to shift the world order, which was possible only by war. War would've happened, with or without assassination.

[@peterdeacon4628]

Brilliant presentation, voice and demeanor of a great teacher ...Thank you for all your effort in these videos ..

[@jandrewhearne]

Love this channel! I’m a high school world history teacher and this really helps! A lot of kids struggle to grasp how an Austrian archduke being killed led to WWI.

[@NikosReegas]

What if the serbians didn't like to be a part of this empire?

[@Погодикоје]

NikosReegas They didn’t like it. Franz Ferdinand and his wife literally came to serbia on the nationality‘s day. (Idk if it’s called like that in english sorry) and they were treating them really bad beforehand.

[@Nonderyon]

@@mikevarga6742 Nope, we are never liked them after 1848-49, only Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie von Wittelsbach (nickname Sissy) made them somewhat likeable, but majority of Hungarians don't realy liked them.

[@nijomumin6549]

...BOSNIA BELONG TO BOSNIANS, not to Serbs or Austro-Hungarians,...

[@dzokidzo9084]

@@nijomumin6549 Bosnians are Serbs croats and bosniaks its land where all three sides lived not to mention at that time bosnia was 50% serb

[@nijomumin6549]

@@dzokidzo9084 ...Bosnian or Bosniak have the same meaning,...these two words are synonyms for the same people,... those who you refer as ''Serbs'' are Bosnians/Bosniaks Orthodox Christians who by the end of 19 century, under influence of Serbia, started to identify themselves as Serbs, ...Serb Orthodox Church was established in Bosnia in 20th century, after WW1. This was time when Bosnia got conquered by Serbia which later was referred as Yugoslavia,...

[@TX.SpaceCowboy]

the shot that changed the world

[@louiewaddington]

Actually that was America. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT! We lead a change in ruling from Monarchies. We inspired other countries to revolt against tyranny. We changed the future.

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

@@louiewaddington yeah, changed it for the worse.

[@GeneralProfessor]

That must have been one crazy time to live in. People practice shooting at parks and bombs being thrown at you are not only expected in advance but casually glanced over when it happens.

[@romant142]

GeneralProfessor yeah crazy that he didn't take cover after just kept riding along

[@kimberlyblair8771]

Thank you for this thoughtful, well put together video.

[@RagingBubuli]

I am amazed how old B&W photos are shot with precision and sharpness but still got blurry backgrounds using a manual focus lens and photography metal plates.

[@MsM0M3]

this is great!!!! You make teaching home school history fun.

[@TheGreatWar]

Welcome to the show.

[@johnschortgen2003]

I'm confused. If Franz Ferdinand was the only Austrian who had the power and the will to stop a war with Russia, why do you say that they killed the wrong guy? I think it only lends itself to the thinking that Serbia had kept its idea that it could go to war with Austria-Hungary and keep the tri-partheid a distant dream. Thoughts? Btw I'm new to the channel and I love it!

[@TheGreatWar]

John Schortgen Well, the assumption here was knowing what happened to Serbia during the war and that they didn't want that to happen. On the other hand, the Black Hand thought they killed exactly the right guy because they rather die than being part of another country.

[@johnschortgen2003]

Okay, I see what you are getting at. in hind sight, the Serbian government would've realized they royally screwed themselves. thanks again and I have some catching up to do on your videos. just a heads up, I had heard about you from InRange and the forgotten weapons channel. good to see you guys supporting each other.

[@CirKhan]

The thing is, so called Black Hand (in reality it was officially called Unification or Death)was not connected to Serbian government, and were in fact what we would today call "alienated center of power" which was precisely locked in struggle with civilian government. It was composed mostly from the officer corps, tough with a wide a wide support in other quarters. After the Balkan wars there was serious division between Government and the "Unification or Death" organization about the way the Macedonia was to be govern-the Government wanted to incorporate new territories immediately into a normal civilian, administrative structure, while the Army and Unification or Death wanted to impose indeterminate military governance due to insurgency from the Albanian and Bulgarian irregulars and massive problems due to general infrastructural backwardness of the region. The struggle which threatened to cause a military putsch was ultimately resolved with civilian victory and by the early 1914. 90% of the Unification or Death membership left the organization considering that the immediate goals were accomplished and that the country needs a peace, recuperation from war and a development of the newly acquired territories. Leader of the organization colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević "Apis" and several of his closest associates had different ideas, and they wanted to continue agitation against AustroHungarian ocuppational regime in Bosnia, which was oppressive against the Serbs living there. What actually transpired is still, after a hundred years rather hazy. His closest associate, Major Vojislav Tankosić had contacts with various radical youth groups in Bosnia (not all of whom were composed of Serbs, and in fact Gavrilo Prinicp considered himself "A Yugoslav"), and when they approached him for weapons he notified Apis, who gave a green light and they were provided with civilian small arms and (mostly faulty) grenades. There is no evidence that the assassination was openly discussed but it is likely that it was obvious what the weapons were for. The probable idea was that it would cause political upheaval among the hated Hapsburg political structure. However, Tankosić seems to also leaked this information to Nikola Pasić, Serbian Prime-minister, who saw things rather differently and who ordered the border guards to intercept this arms shipment, tough it was too late. Then he notified Austrian ambassador in Belgrade about the potential danger for Franz Ferdinand, and Serbian ambassador did the same in Vienna, suggesting that his visit be canceled or at least provided with heavy security. Which as we all know didn't happen. On the contrary, the security was unusually light and lax in attitude. Now, it may be that the Austrians considered the warning as a provocation designed to embarrass the Archduke, or if you are of more cynical nature- it may be that some circles actually wanted him injured so that the state could finally get proper alibi for declaring war on Serbia, which was almost an obsession among KuK general staff for years, especially with i's chief Conrad von Hötzendorf. Immediately after the assassination, Serbian government arrested both Tankosić and Dimitrijević (which in all fairness wasn't particularly difficult decision because of the long running feud I mentioned) , and were quite prepared to investigate and persecute the in order to appease the Austrians, but the gears were already put to motion...

" Svak' je rođen da po jednom umre, čast i bruka žive dovijeka! " ( " Everyone is born to die once, honor and shame live forever! " ) Petar Petrović Njegoš

[@ILUVBlogs1]

Oh boy..

[@demistr7435]

Well this was amazing. Great writing as well.

[@Disco-Mike]

2:12 this is such a perfect composition of a picture. It's like a painting

[@barazturggrumm3750]

Very very good, thank you!

[@Davidwv97]

I saw Princip's prison cell in Terezin (Theresienstadt) when I visited the village with my high school. It's a 10 square feet cell with no windows, no toilet, no real bed. He was left in there almost 24 hours a day until he died of tuberculosis...

[@bracken1000]

That's amazing. Did you really see the cell? It seems very small. I read that the roof was shaped like a dome that let some light in. It's amazing that you were in the same cell as Princip.

[@Davidwv97]

Jason Smedley it was horribly tiny. They didn't even use it in WW2

[@Davidwv97]

Jason Smedley what you mentioned about the roof is true, there was a tiny light source, but I can't see how it made it less depressing

[@lint9305]

This dude caused the death of more than 10 million people and almost 30 million more wounded. ''He doesn't deserve this" are you on drugs? Or you're just serbian?

[@stevekaczynski3793]

They were unable to sentence him to death because he was under-age, but his prison conditions were inhumane and got worse as Austria-Hungary's position deteriorated. Incidentally Theresienstadt would later be the site of a Nazi concentration camp.

[@TheCookiemanYT]

You another interesting chain reaction? Ea leads to battlefield, battlefield takes me from COD as soon as bf4 comes out, bf4 leads to bf1, bf1 leads me to this analysis, analysis persuades me to subscribe, and now here I am watching almost all their videos lol

[@suntsu1434]

This was so helpful for my homeschooled children who are writing a research paper on WWl. There isnt much info in detail about WWl ...you gave us a lot of detail. Wish I would've found you months ago! SUBSCRIBED! AND... this helps me to explain the current geopolitical atmosphere. THANK YOU

[@TheGreatWar]

we're going to publish a new a revised version of the lead up to the war in the summer, keep an eye out. and welcome to the channel

[@tuapuipohtpp7295]

Thank you for posting these history lessons.

[@LLopes]

This is a great lesson about unthinked action, moral posturing and blind iron head. I don't think the murderer had enough degree of knowledge (as political activists often never have, even now with the internet) to properly understand what he was about to do.

[@Maki4444]

I have actually read in a number of sources (primarily 1914 1918 by David Stevenson) that Franz Ferdinand was actually one of the more progressive thinkers of the court thus alienating himself. It is also stated that he endorsed the idea of reform in which the Slavic nations would be granted their own autonomous state which would make the Austro-Hungarian empire into a tripartite entity. It is really surprising for me to have him portrayed now as someone behind the times so to speak.

[@Maki4444]

Yeaaah, watched the video at the end......so there is my answer I guess :P

[@Sorain1]

@@Maki4444 A person can be 'progressive' on some topics, and still staunchly conservative on most. Vice versa also happens.

[@TheRealJoni]

One might note that, seeing Franz Ferdinand as a peace maker, that might actually make him a more promising target for an ultra nationalist. The war did mean the death of a lot of Serbs, but it also meant the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and allowed Serbia to assert dominance over most of the South Slav countries.

[@theDirtMan69420]

Man, Ferdinand's last words are heart breaking

[@ntap1823]

You are an absolute legend Indiana Neidell, thank you.

[@worldeater1498]

“Our shadows will walk around Vienna, wander the palace, scare the gentlemen” -Gavrilo Princip.

[@lefishe6611]

Princip is right up there with Brutus and John Wilksbooth on people who assassinate leaders unjustly

[@unsgus925]

Criminal and terorist like half of servia

[@dragonraopen2604]

@@unsgus925 nobody can touch Serbia ^_^ Honor is our another name! 😎

[@hrhroyalprincejondeewright9524]

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is my 13th cousin. Thank you for creating a documentary. Very well informed. Sincerely, Hrh Royal Prince Jon Dee Wright

[@TheGreatWar]

+HRH Royal Prince Jon Dee Wright Our pleasure.

[@msotil]

According to Indy, the Archduke Ferdinand dispatched (hunted and killed) 250,000 creatures in his lifetime. Let's see, 250,000 / 365.25 (days in a year) = 684 years. That is, assuming he only dispatched one creature a day, every day of every year. Even if he dispatched 10 creatures a day (every day of every year), it would have taken 68.4 years to dispatch that many creatures. Quite a feat.

[@TheGreatWar]

+msotil He surely had hunting parties and claimed some.

[@karlkarlos3545]

+msotil King Edward VII was hunting crazy too. Quite normal for this time.

[@Pentay]

These preludes have been great to revisit years into the series.

[@kittykat20071233]

Anyone know what the track at 0:40 is called?

[@markomarkovic1900]

Godine prolaze prolaze Princip ostaje...

[@kanewilliams3613]

Wow this is so well made!!! And videos to this day too, wow!!!!

[@TheGreatWar]

Welcome tot he show.

[@1234kalmar]

Hmm, What are the musical scores used in this part? they are lovely.

[@TheGreatWar]

player.epidemicsound.com/#/albums/album/690/

[@1234kalmar]

The Great War Thanks!

[@JPTVIDEOS4U]

One of the bst historical youtube channel, you are a gifted teacher, thank you, just SUBSCRIBED

[@yuriboyka7423]

While Gavrilo Princip was imprisoned, he was tortured in most brutal ways you could possibly imagine. He wrote a song on the walls of his cell. This is the best translation I can give you: "Time is passing by slowly And there's nothing new Today is the same as yesterday And tomorrow will be alike And instead of being at war With the sound of war trumpets We are here in a prison In chains that clank Every day is the same Stomped, squashed and crushed I am not an idiot That's death to me But it's true what he said before A gray hawk, Zerajic Who wants to live may he die And who wants to die may he live."

[@AlexKS1992]

I feel no sympathy for murderers and terrorists.

[@yuriboyka7423]

@@AlexKS1992 Then I guess you are glad he murdered Franz Ferdinand. 👍🏻

[@hah9310]

@@AlexKS1992 🤡🤡🤡