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World War I

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Cover image for the World War I blog, featuring iconic symbols of the war.

On June 28, 1914, a young Serbian named Gavrilo Princip, a member of a secret organization called the Black Hand, assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in Sarajevo. A month later, Europe plunged into the largest military conflict the world had seen up to that point: World War I. In this article, we will … Read more

World War II

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The World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, with Hitler’s invasion of Poland. This military action marked the true start of a conflict that would lead to the most devastating war in human history. To understand how we arrived at this point, we must look back to the aftermath of the World War … Read more