No Attempt to Assassinate Archduke Ferdinand

[Fine...I Made This More Civil]

Think of the wars we could have avoided, the lives we could have saved....if only...

[The Mikado]

The war in the Balkans starts for some other reason.  (Bosnia's position was untenable)

Ferdinand was in the dovish camp, so his continued presence might've been beneficial.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

WWI would have happened no matter what.  All this would have done was to delay the conflict.

[Silent Hunter]

WWI would have happened no matter what.  All this would have done was to delay the conflict.

Franz Ferdinand's death was the trigger on all this. The key difference would have been the governments of Russia and Germany.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

WWI would have happened no matter what.  All this would have done was to delay the conflict.

Sure. This was just a very good excuse

[RScannix]

Ferdinand's assassination wasn't so much a cause of WWI as it was a trigger. Someone else would have done something stupid to start a conflict. The main differences would have been timing and the area in which war would first have broken out.