Who Really Sparked the First World War: Princip or Potiorek?

Shawn and Susie join me as we try to figure out who actually deserves the heavy weight champion title of starting World War One. It's not exactly a title that any one wants or deserves, but someone has to be responsible! If you're even a little interested in history then this episode is for you. Who doesn't love a story about love and assassination? Why does a lonely young man, who had difficulty with women, get inspired to murder for love of country? Press play to find out.

-Gavrilo Princip, Frank Ferdinand, Oskar Potiorek

Chapters

• 1:20 Recalling Mufasa episode
• 2:41 Background to the Balkans
• 4:20 Intro to Oskar Potiorek
• 7:02 Role of Ottoman Empire
• 9:35 Intro to a young Gavrilo Princip
• 12:45 A changing world, an unstable world
• 16:10 Princip goes to Belgrade
• 19:55 Intro to Franz Ferdinand
• 21:41 Craig wants a time machine
• 22:51 Ferdinand and Sophie in love
• 27:14 The assassination
• 34:28 Potiorek’s terrible decision
• 38:20 The accomplices are rounded up and tried in court
• 40:04 Post war Yugoslavia
• 40:44 Shawn’s experience in Bosnia
• 43:27 Outro