The Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination took place on June 28, 1914. He was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was a part of a terrorist group called the Black Hand, which originated in Serbia. Princip also killed the Archduke’s wife, Sofie. The war following the assassination was the result of nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and the alliances. World War I should have not happened because most countries went into debt after war and 14.5 million people lost their lives.

All countries were in finical crisis after WWI. Germany for example had to sign the Treaty of Versailles to give up all their colonies, and pay $31.4 billion for all war damages. They also had to admit they started the war. During the war, all countries also had to pay about $300,000,000 for soldiers and war equipment. If WWI didn’t happen these empires could have had stronger economy.

Empires weren’t the only ones shattered, many hearts were too. “8 million had been killed by bombardment, machine gun and rifle fire, poison and disease” (Murphy 92). Cites and towns were mowed over, plantations and factories blasted to pieces. This was the result of war. If WWI was avoided the towns would be busy, not ghost towns.

Some people say that WWI solved tensions but, really it just made more. For example Russia went into Civil War afterwards. Hitler even started WWII, only to get revenge on France, Russia, and Great Britain.

Dead people scattered as far the eye can see. These are the scenes many people encountered after war. These sights should have been avoided so countries would have been financially stable and the smell of death would have not lingered in the air.