Franz Ferdinand's assassination would cause the world to plunge into war. But did you know that it was a coincidental encounter that led to Franz being in the wrong place at the wrong time, to be assassinated.

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Citations

Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este

o   https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Ferdinand-Archduke-of-Austria-Este

Franz Ferdinand

o  https://www.biography.com/political-figures/franz-ferdinand

·        'A II II 18': Franz Ferdinand's prophetic numberplate

o  https://news.sky.com/story/a-ii-ii-18-franz-ferdinands-prophetic-number-plate-11551176

RANDOM CONNECTIONS: World War I – TragicCoincidences

o  https://theconnectionsnj.com/random-connections-world-war-i-tragic-coincidences/

Remember their story: the first and last Britishsoldiers killed in the First World War 

o  https://www.findmypast.com/blog/history/first-and-last-ww1-soldiers-killed

Animals

o  https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/animals-1-1/Hugh Lofting

o  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugh-Lofting28 little known facts about WWI

o  https://www.history.co.uk/article/10-little-known-facts-about-ww16 stories of animals that went to war

o  https://www.history.co.uk/articles/animals-who-went-to-warWikipedia

Epidemic Sound

Intro and Outro

o  https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/w7SqDGQ7ot/

Background

o  https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/iethtO4AXG/

o  https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/0dd8d7a6-dcc1-4b3e-9c96-2cd753dbac09/