You are always welcome to our Sarajevo kinda crazy WW1 started few blocks away from my home :)
@chrisdale-militaryhistory2 жыл бұрын
Hvala puno!
@andrew.dolan8902 жыл бұрын
Fascinating seeing the actual place the assassination took place. I thought the grave was going to be simple and inconspicuous, I see I was completely wrong!
@chrisdale-militaryhistory2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting isn't it. Gavrilo is clearly a hero to some, it all plays into messy Balkan politics.
@mwallace29222 жыл бұрын
Nice vid. Thanks for taking the time to make and post. 👍👍🇦🇺
@chrisdale-militaryhistory2 жыл бұрын
Thanks it was great to see first hand.
@steviedfromtheflyovercount47392 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I read about what happened that fateful day, but to see the site......is amazing.
@chrisdale-militaryhistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you liked it. I always wondered what it actually looked like, how close was Gavrilo etc... now we see, he was very close. He really cannot have missed.
@funguykel2 жыл бұрын
I still wonder if someone signaled to the driver to make the left turn at the Latin Bridge junction. Leading the Archduke and his wife to the assassin. Unless the driver was concerned they would run into more attempts on the Duke's life on the same stretch of road. Maybe the Duke told the driver to take a right.
@chrisdale-militaryhistory2 жыл бұрын
It was a mistake by the leading car, that turned right into the corner (back then the traffic ran both ways on the street, the Archduke was travelling in the opposite direction from the modern traffic- I should have made that clear in the video), the Archduke's driver followed that mistake, then " Governor Potiorek, who was sharing the third vehicle with the Imperial couple, called out to the driver to stop as he was going the wrong way.[94] The driver applied the brakes, and when he attempted to put the car into reverse gear he accidentally stalled the engine close to where Princip was standing." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand#Fatal_shooting
@funguykel2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisdale-militaryhistory Your explanation was spot on. I am an American but love Eurpopean history. Have been researching the siege of Sarajevo which led me to the Archduke. All I can say about The Balkans especially Bosnia Herzagovina is wow. I can't get enough.
@chrisdale-militaryhistory2 жыл бұрын
Thanks @@funguykel Bosnia Herzegovina is a great country, I love the place. I was first there in 1994 during the siege and have been back a lot since. I also videoed the Bosnian History Museum, which has some relics of the siege and some fascinating artillery and AFVs. I'll upload that video soon.
@iainholmes27352 жыл бұрын
Really great vid. Makes you think about happenstance and consequences.
@cnationtv8282 Жыл бұрын
the death of this emperor brought the world the war which was nothing like before. powerful super powers like Austrian empire and German empire and Russian empire and Ottoman empire and French empire and US and Japan and Italy and much much more went to face each other in the bloodiest conflict in human history. may emperor archeduke Franze Ferdinand rest in peace.
@grandcrowdadforde612715 күн бұрын
synchronicity! re numbers>>> the plate of the auto FF was riding in reads: A III I8...or A for Armistice; II is eleven>> II is for November; and of course ((19)) 18...strange, eh?
@garymorris18567 ай бұрын
Very interesting, thank you for posting this. Does the Town Hall still stand?
@chrisdale-militaryhistory7 ай бұрын
Yes it does. It was severely damaged in the Bosnian War but has since been totally restored. Sorry, I should have filmed that too.
@garymorris18567 ай бұрын
@@chrisdale-militaryhistory I enjoy history very much, thank you for your reply.
@veganpope5 ай бұрын
Yes the Town Hall (Vijecnica) is still there, but had to be significantly repaired after the civil war in the 90s, so it looks 'new' rather than historically worn out like one might think. lol
@Seco1413 күн бұрын
@@veganpope It was not a civil war but an aggression against an internationally recognized state.
@Seco1413 күн бұрын
The town hall (Vijećnica) was burned down during the siege of Sarajevo (in August 1992). To make the damage even worse, at that time the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina was located in the Town Hall. It is estimated that the aggressor burned about 2 million books (about 98% of the total number of books. Today, that building is used for the needs of the museum, public events, the mayor and the city assembly.
@user-yz8pw9dv2n10 ай бұрын
May God bless the souls of Franz an his wife.I am no royalist but them being murdered on a peaceful visit was beastial evil.And should never have happened.
@chrisdale-militaryhistory10 ай бұрын
I am against murder too. However Franz Ferdinand's visit wasn't entriely peaceful he was attended military manoevres in Bosnia, which potentially were aimed at an invasion of Serbia. Bosnia itself country which had recently been militarily conquered, occupied and annexed by Austria.
@Sgt-xw5lx2 жыл бұрын
Was a Peace Keeper in Bosnia in '97-'98..
@chrisdale-militaryhistory2 жыл бұрын
Good work, I was first in Sarajevo in '94, that corner was a very dangerous place to hang out back then, totally within view of snipers over the river...
@Sgt-xw5lx2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisdale-militaryhistory Our biggest concern was the estimated 5 to 7 million landmines that were laid out in that country..
@chrisdale-militaryhistory2 жыл бұрын
@@Sgt-xw5lx There's been massive efforts put into clearing them since then and it's mostly safe now but I still wouldn't want to wander off the beaten track myself.
@Sgt-xw5lx2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisdale-militaryhistory It wasn't uncommon to hear an explosion off in the distant,from our Basecamp
@randywoodworth59905 ай бұрын
So that was where the first World War really got started.
@chrisdale-militaryhistory5 ай бұрын
Yes, that's the street corner where it all started!