History Bombs: WW1 (part 1)

One bullet from a young Serbian's gun, his trigger the spark for World War I. But how did one shot prove so lethal, as to kill over 17,000,000 people? It's time for the History Bomb of World War I. Let's set the scene. Late nineteenth century, Germany was booming, but there were signs of a storm brewing. Her Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, had plans to teach his rivals a lesson.

It's worth pointing out that the Kaiser was mentally unstable, but unfortunately for the rest of Europe, he was in charge. Germany's neighbors started to take notice.

It was against this backdrop that Gavrilo Princip, a young Serbian nationalist, shot dead Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, setting off a terrible chain of events. Are you ready? Let's go---