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	Podcast:		Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast
	Episode:		79 \| History’s Deadliest Gunshot: Gavrilo Princip and the Sarajevo Assassination That Sparked WW1
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:57:24
	Publish Date:		2025-09-24 20:00:08
	Description:		In Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, a young Bosnian student named Gavrilo Princip fired a shot which would become the deadliest in history. With the help of co-conspirators from underground nationalist group Young Bosnia, he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie during their imperial visit to the capital. Their deaths set off a domino effect of ultimatums, alliances, and mobilisations across Europe, and within weeks, the continent was engulfed in World War I (The Great War), a conflict that ultimately claimed millions of lives. Was Princip a terrorist, a freedom fighter, or simply a desperate youth caught in history’s tide? This episode explores the life, motives, and legacy of the 19-year-old whose pistol transformed Bosnia’s struggle into a global war. Few individuals have altered the course of history so suddenly, or so tragically. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for video versions of the podcast:
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