The Great War was precipitated by the
A) Austrians launching a massive offensive across Switzerland in order to outflank and surprise the French.
B) assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Serbian nationalist.
C) French invading Germany to seek revenge for their humiliation in the Franco-Prussian War.
D) inability of the French and the Germans to reach a peaceful settlement in their dispute over control of the Alsace-Lorraine region.
Ans: B) assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Serbian nationalist.
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