“although the unauthorized assassination of a minor Austrian prince by an anarchist certainly did start World War II, so anything’s possible).”
World War I, not II
Yeah, I noticed that too. Ah, a single extra capitol “I” can so change the meaning.
Of course it was unauthorized. Franz Joseph was unhappy with the fact that the Archduke had married someone without the proper noble pedigree, but he would never have authorized shooting Franz Ferdinand.