CSPAN3 American Artifacts World War I January 14, 2018
The very beginning of the story. On june 28, 1914, archduke ferdinand and his wife, sophie, were assassinated in the streets of sarajevo. What many thought would lead to the third balkan war, by the end of four years, embroiled all inhabited continents and over 30 nations into a war that would claim millions of lives. See whathis case, we men may have been sent to war in and with. You notice these beautiful, handcrafted pieces have such detail, looking at the different swords and the like. And yet, when you think that these infantrymen who were provided swords would later be going up against m...
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