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How did two bullets cause

20 million deaths

Two bullets caused 20 million deaths because two bullets were fired to
assasinate Francis Ferdinand who was the Archiduke of Austria. That was the
reason World War 1 (WW1) began.

Francis Ferdinand was born on 8th December 1864 and he was assasinated on
the 28th June 1914.

Due to his death, Austria and Hungary declared war on Serbia. So Austria,
Hungary and Germany align to fight Serbia who were teamed up with the The
Triple Entente Powers who were lots of countries united. The countries
included: United Kingdom, France and The Russian Empire.

Francis Ferdnand was assasinated by Gavrilo Princip who was Serbian.


He was also a member of Young Bosnia which was a revolutionary active group
which was formed by the the Black hand which was a military secret society
which was found by Serbians.

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