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@goatsarah Starts Episode 465 with a 4 parter on the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

therestishistory.com/465-the-m…

followed by 6 episodes on "The Road to War"

465. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Killer (Part 1) - The Rest is History

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to one of the world’s greatest empires, in June 1914, set in motion a series of events that would culminate in the First World War, where more than 15 million people would lose their lives.
Bryan Dooley (The Rest is History)
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George Potter

it's also worth comparing the Treaty of Versailles to the treaty the Germans forced on France a generation earlier after the Franco-Prussian War. Modest losses of land, military restrictions, blame for the war, harsh reparations, etc - Versailles was just the Germans receiving what they'd previously dished out.
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