HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The gun that started WWI.

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The gun that started WWI.

HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

https://www.historynet.com/ww1-archduke-ferdinand-assassination-browning-m1910/

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It still started it. Just because you throw a match onto an expanding pool of gasoline surrounded by candles doesn’t mean you didn’t start the fire.
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  Excuse me, I was told we didn’t start the fire.

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