How did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand lead to World War I?

Question

I’m not a history buff, and all I know is that his death set off a Rube Goldberg machine of Politics that led to everyone fighting everyone else. Can someone simplify it for me?

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Answer 1

Europe at the time was a web of international alliances, where basically if one country attacked another country a third country would attack the attacker, resulting in a rapidly growing conflict. https://youtu.be/1raRARbpzyQ