Whose assassination on 28 June 1914 started the chain of events that led to the First World War?

AErnest Rutherford
BAdolf Hitler
CWinston Churchill
DArchduke Franz FerdinandRight answer

Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

The killing of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the trigger. Other causes, such as nationalism and militarism, had already prepared the ground.

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