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Graham

Graham Report 28 Jun 2014 12:15

Archduke Ferninand was assassinated. The heir to the throne of Austria & Hungary was shot in Sarajevo. An earlier attempt to bomb his car failed after the Archduke threw the bomb out of the car.
The assassination triggered the start of The Great War.

Graham

Graham Report 28 Jun 2014 12:27

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/queen-to-honour-ww1-volunteers

Graham

Graham Report 28 Jun 2014 12:37

I've often heard that more people died in the First World War than in any other war before or since; but it seems that that might not be true...

http://news.uk.msn.com/in-pictures/world-war-one-myths-true-or-false#image=3

PollyinBrum

PollyinBrum Report 28 Jun 2014 13:24


I have been listening to a very interesting programme radio 4. It said that the assassin is more famous to the people of Sarajevo than Archduke Ferninand

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 28 Jun 2014 15:01

I think that the first day of the Battle of the Somme was the day that most people have died in any battle.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!