World War I
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This Week in History/June 2026/Week 4
The Assassination That Started World War I, June 28, 1914 On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was next in line to the Hungarian throne, and his wife, Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg, were killed while visiting Sarajevo. The killer, Gavrilo Princip, was a 19-year-old member of a group called Young Bosnia that wanted independence.…
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What if the Kaiser Overthrew Hitler in WWII?
The National Socialist ambitions for a pan-German state had already raised tensions between Germany and the Allies. The German Army saw a war with the Allies as unwinnable and had planned a coup against Hitler’s regime. This was known as the Oster Conspiracy, named after its mastermind, Hans Oster. For this plan to work, the…
