June 1914: Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand Is Assassinated In Sarajevo. What Begins As A Regional Crisis Escalates Rapidly As Alliances Tighten And Old Rivalries Resurface. Through Diplomatic Stumbles And Nationalist Fervor, The World Teeters On The Brink. This Episode Traces The Fuse Being Lit. How One Shot Set The Stage For Global Conflict.
By Late July 1914, The Warnings Have Gone Unheeded. Austria-Hungary Declares War On Serbia And The Dominoes Fall. Russia Mobilizes. Germany Invades Belgium. Britain Joins In Within Days. The Continent Is Engulfed In The Great War. This Episode Unpacks The Decisions, Miscalculations And Ambitions That Launched A Generation Into The Deadliest War The World Had Ever Seen.