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What conflict is often considered the 'spark' that ignited World War I?
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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- The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- The sinking of the Lusitania
- The Battle of the Somme
- The Schlieffen Plan
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, is widely seen as the immediate trigger for the outbreak of World War I.
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