My dear friends 100 years ago today an event sparked World War I; the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of the Austria Hungary Empire. Before it was over 16 million men and women would die and another 20 million would be wounded. "The War To End All Wars" set the stage for the great Spanish flu epidemic that killed another 18-20 million people.
Four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany and Russia declare war...
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