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2 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand[ a ] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
Sep 22, 2024 · World War 1, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict that reshaped nations and changed history forever. Fought from 1914 to 1918, it involved many of the world's great powers divided into two main alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers.
2 days ago · At 1:00 a.m. on 29 July 1914 the first shots of the First World War were fired by the Austro-Hungarian monitor SMS Bodrog, which bombarded Belgrade in response to Serbian sappers blowing up the railway bridge over the river Sava which linked the two countries. [167]
20 hours ago · At the heavily fought-over Ruzica church, the spirit of inat hangs from the ceiling - they made the chandeliers from First World War bullets. And when the Ukraine War started, Serbia was the only European nation not to impose sanctions on Russia. 1
Oct 4, 2024 · World War I - Serbian Campaign, 1914: The Austrian army invaded Serbia and took Belgrade but a counterattack forced the Austrians to retreat. The Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) entered the war on the side of Germany, and Turkish offensives in the Caucasus and in the Sinai Desert served German strategy by tying Russian and British forces down.
4 days ago · After the breach of the Thessaloniki (former Salonika) Front the Serbian army and parts of the Allies' army liberated Belgrade on November 1, 1918. During World War I, Serbia lost 28% of its whole population, while Belgrade was the most destroyed town in Serbia.
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1 day ago · Belgrade has received various domestic and international honours, including the French Légion d'honneur (proclaimed 21 December 1920; Belgrade is one of four cities outside France, alongside Liège, Luxembourg and Volgograd, to receive this honour), the Czechoslovak War Cross (awarded 8 October 1925), the Yugoslavian Order of the Karađorđe's Star (awarded 18 May 1939) and the Yugoslavian ...
