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World War I Series - Causes of the War

Program Type:

Presentation

Age Group:

Adult, Everyone
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Event Details

Please note: this is an online program, presented via Facebook Live. Join Kevin Braafladt, the Army Sustainment Command Deputy Historian at the Rock Island Arsenal, and the Army Sustainment Command History Office in exploring the history of WWI through a discussion of the causes of the First World War. Delve deeper into First World War history by learning about Quad Cities and Rock Island Arsenal historical ties.

Image, public domain: The first page of the edition of the Domenica del Corriere, an Italian paper, with a drawing of Achille Beltrame depicting Gavrilo Princip killing Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo.