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Was a World War in the summer of 1914 inevitable with the major powers all building massive armies and making ironclad diplomatic treaties that tied them down in the case of war? IMO the great war that occurred could have easily been prevented or even marginalized if cooler heads had prevailed. Let's propose a scenario where the Archduke survives the assassination attempt, what justification would Germany and Austria have now to provoke war?