Although a number of things brought about world war 1, there was one event that pushed Europe over the edge what was that event?

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Although a number of things brought about world war 1, there was one event that pushed Europe over the edge what was that event?

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Clay Pennington · Answer 1

The event that pushed Europe over the edge was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne. Because of the way that the alliances were set up, this one event caused Europe to erupt into war.