Bombs, Bullets, and Betrayal: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

It was a day of unbridled chaos in the Croatian diet on June 10, 1914. The air was thick with vitriolic threats and taunts as Servian deputies were jeered and labeled ‘murderers’ by their Croatian counterparts. The session was abruptly suspended as the tumultuous scene unfolded. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his consort, the Duchess of Hohenberg, had ignited a powder keg of nationalistic tensions in the region.