Bad driver sandwich world war 1

If that sounds like an unlikely exercise, compare it to an even more unlikely event — the one that occurred on June 28, , in the city of Sarajevo. It was the spark that ignited a global conflagration, a moment in history that was dramatic, tragic and — in some ways — almost comic. They had minimum security and their motorcade route through the city had been published. Partway through the trip, one of the cars was bombed and several people were injured. The tour was supposed to take a new route but no one told the Czech-speaking drivers, who carried on as before.

Clark says the miscommunication took the royal couple right in front of Gavrilo Princip, one of the assassins who was stationed on the original path. You can hear the entire interview with Clark here on Monday, March In the meantime, we invite you to play along in a counterfactual history of World War I we will be exploring March — use the form below to imagine how one aspect of the last years would be different if Ferdinand had lived in You want to know what is really going on these days, especially in Colorado.

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That means that Princip was waiting on what would have been the motorcade route; the exact place he should have been if he wanted to assassinate the archduke. The driver made a wrong turn onto the Franz Joseph Street due to being lost in the unfamiliar city, but he was on the route he otherwise would have taken.

It sounds more like Princip was where he was because of planning than amazing luck. The Smithsonian article runs down the sandwich plot to a documentary that mentions it as a small detail, rather than a major coincidence, and cites sources from the time like local newspaper articles.

So the story, it seems, is more of an embellishment of a coincidence, stretched by multiple retellings, than an actual fact. Scroll down to check out our gallery ranking every character by their level of ineptitude. I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. To continue reading for free, provide your email below.