Days That Shook the World

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The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand / The Death of Hitler

Episode Synopsis

28 June 1914 and April 1945. The Story Behind two pistol shots: the single bullet, fired by a young Serb nationalist that triggered World War 1 and the self-administered shot that brought about the end of Adolf Hitler and World War 2.

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