The Assassination of Gavrillo Princep

The story of the assassin ation of archduke franz ferdinand. World war one was a global conflict inflamed by the close family relationships of the countries involved. King george the fifth of england was first cousins with both csar alexander the second of russia and kaiser wilhelm. All three were grandchildren of queen victoria, and they all shared a strong family resemblance. But go back a few generations and recall that the british royal family was actually pretty german themselves. It was because of that anti german sentiment that the king decreed in june 19 17 that their family name would no longer be the incredibly german sounding sax kober