Historical Figures Debate

The year was 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was taking a trip to Sarajevo, a city in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina, accompanied by his non-royal wife Sophie. The "Black Hand", a Yugoslav nationalist organization organization which sought to liberate the South Slavic lands held by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, conspired to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. So, on June 28, 1914, the Archduke and Sophie made the trip. The Black Hand made their first attempt to kill the Archduke with a bomb, but they failed. The would-be assassin was captured. One of the conspirators, Gavrilo Princip, decided to get into position near the Latin Bridge. Later on, due to a mistake of the driver of the Archduke's car, the car passed near Gavrilo Princip's position. The young assassin then fired two shots, killing Franz Ferdinand and Sophie (though he later stated that Sophie was not an intended target). Both of them died. Obviously, the Austro-Hungarian government was pretty mad about this, and they were convinced that the Serbian Government did was responsible, since the Black Hand was a Serbian organization led by leading figures in the Serbian Government. So, the Austro-Hungarian Government made some demands to the Serbian Government. The Serbian Government actually agreed to at least a few of the demands, but nevertheless the Austro-Hungarian Empire decided to punish Serbia. The Russian Empire was devoted to protecting Serbia, and as a result it declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The German Empire, an ally of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, declared war on the Russian Empire, and it also went to war against France, which was Russia's ally. Later the British Empire was drawn into the struggle, and later the Ottoman Empire and the United States, and then it was truly a World War. Here's the thing: Gavrilo Princip caused that, with his two bullets (though firing just one shot probably would've had the same effect). Granted, for years before that there was a "Cold War" between the British Empire, Russian Empire, and the French Third Republic on one side against the German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Kingdom of Italy on the other side (though Italy dropped out of the alliance once it was no longer solely a defensive one, and it later joined the Allies). But still, periods of extremely high tension have existed in the past and they haven't always led to a war between the powers in question. Just look at Cold War I, which went on from the end of the Second Cold War until the collapse of the Soviet Union. The fact is, for WW1 to happen, a trigger was needed. That one man, Gavrilo Princip, was that trigger. That one assassin ultimately controlled the geopolitical landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries. In fact, WW1 was just the beginning. Because of WW1, the German Empire was destroyed and Germany's economy was likewise destroyed, allowing the Nazis to later rise to power, sparking WWII decades later. Because of WW1, the Russian Empire was overthrown and the Soviet Union was founded in its place. This caused Cold War 1, and because the Soviet Union rose, countless other Communist states arose, some of which persist to this present day. Because of WW1, WW2, and Cold War 1, the United States became a military superpower, and it still is today. In fact, TODAY the high tensions between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China against NATO and the United States, can be traced largely to the Cold War and the power vacuum in the aftermath filled by NATO. China's communist today because of the Cold War. Russia hates the USA and the USA hates Russia because of the Cold War. IT CAN ALL BE TRACED BACK TO GAVRILO PRINCIP. It's difficult to overstate his impact on world history. I await my opponent's case.