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History Of The Great War

100 Years Ago Today

History Of The Great War

Wesley Livesay

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6889 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2014

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

100 Years ago today Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian radical in Sarajevo. How did this event result in a war that would consume not just Europe but the World? In this episode we will talk about the situation in Europe in 1914 and the nations that would take part in the war. We will also discover how an assassination in Sarajevo, Bosnia resulted in the largest armies in the world striving for dominance over the next four years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.

0:04.0

Do you want to know where you can find almost 500 episodes of the history of World War II?

0:10.0

Hi, I'm Ray Harris Jr. inviting you to check out my podcast, The History of World War II

0:15.6

Podcast, where I provide in-depth examinations of the key people and events that shaped World War II. While there you'll also find interviews with

0:24.8

authors who provide new and interesting reflections that help further our

0:29.2

understanding of the conflict and the people that fought it.

0:32.8

And a new episode comes out every week.

0:34.8

And more history, that's always a good thing.

0:37.8

That's the History of World War II Podcast or World War II Podcast.

0:42.4

Net. or World War II Podcast. Poet.

0:44.0

Hi everyone, this is Scott.

0:47.0

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0:51.0

find out how they were rediscovered.

0:54.0

Follow the story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra's descendants over 10 generations,

0:59.6

or take a deep dive into the Iron Age or the Hellenistic era, then check out the Ancient World

1:05.8

Podcast. Available on all podcasting platforms or go to ancient world podcast.com. That's The Ancientworld Podcast.com.

1:13.4

That's the Ancient World Podcast.

1:16.2

Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Great War.

1:21.6

This is Wesley from the year

1:23.7

2022. What you're about to hear is episode one of History of the Great War

1:28.1

that I recorded almost eight years ago now. I thought it might be a good plan to talk a bit about the project some of the ways

1:34.9

that it changes over time and other things that I think new listeners might need to

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