How did a bad taxi driver cause WWI?

[boi]

How did a bad taxi driver cause WWI? My brother said it did and I just want to make sure he's right. I couldn't find anything on Google. =(

<---Historically challenged

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: boi
How did a bad taxi driver cause WWI? My brother said it did and I just want to make sure he's right. I couldn't find anything on Google. =(

<---Historically challenged

WWI started when Archduke Francis Ferdinand was shot while travelling in a car. (I think)

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: boi
How did a bad taxi driver cause WWI? My brother said it did and I just want to make sure he's right. I couldn't find anything on Google. =(

<---Historically challenged

WWI started Archduke Francis Ferdinand was shot while travelling in a car. (I think)

correct

 

The Crown Prince of the Austria-Hungarian empire, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in his moving vehicle, This event started WWI.
After the assassination, Austria-Hungary gave Serbia a list of demands and declared war on Serbia.
After Austria-Hungary declared war, Russia supported Serbia (and opposed Austria-Hungary), and Germany declared war on Russia.
France and Great Britain declared war on Germany because they honored the Triple Entente and supported Russia.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Wasn't a bad taxi driver, was a bad limo driver. (Though I suppose that's just a technicality.)

What happened was that the driver of Archduke Francis Ferdinand's limo made a wrong turn and while the limo was stopped to back up and go back to the planned course a person stepped out of the crowd and shot the Archduke. Had the driver not made the wrong turn, the assassin would not have had the opportunity to take the shot (in theory).

ZV

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Wasn't a bad taxi driver, was a bad limo driver. (Though I suppose that's just a technicality.)

What happened was that the driver of Archduke Francis Ferdinand's limo made a wrong turn and while the limo was stopped to back up and go back to the planned course a person stepped out of the crowd and shot the Archduke. Had the driver not made the wrong turn, the assassin would not have had the opportunity to take the shot (in theory).

ZV

unless there were multiple shooters...

 

[ElFenix]

ummm... the taxi driver refers to the guy who got the serbian nationalist to the place... i think... of course, the archduke had been shot at twice already on during that parade...

 

[kleinesarschloch]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
ummm... the taxi driver refers to the guy who got the serbian nationalist to the place... i think... of course, the archduke had been shot at twice already on during that parade...

he must have been a really popular fellow.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Wasn't a bad taxi driver, was a bad limo driver. (Though I suppose that's just a technicality.)

What happened was that the driver of Archduke Francis Ferdinand's limo made a wrong turn and while the limo was stopped to back up and go back to the planned course a person stepped out of the crowd and shot the Archduke. Had the driver not made the wrong turn, the assassin would not have had the opportunity to take the shot (in theory).

ZV

But that was just the event that ignited the hostilities. Had the Archduke not been assasinated, there still would have been a war.

 

[human2k]

basic history.