Saturday, July 5, 2014

"Carte Blanche" from Germany

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 SarajevoA century ago today, following the Sarajevo assassination, Imperial Germany gave Austria-Hungary a "blank check" assurance – or at least so it is said.

Posted by J.K. Baltzersen at 9:04 AM

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