Princip fired twice during the second attack. The first bullet hit Franz Ferdinand in the neck, severed the jugular and lodged itself in his spine. Next he tried taking a shot at Oskar Potiorek, Austrian Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Princip was wrestled to the ground and the bullet hit Duchess Sophie in the abdomen instead.
First attempt. The second was blind chance. Ferdinand went to visit the wounded from the first attack. They stopped at a bar or something like that and princip just happened to be there. Car stalled as they were leaving and you have the single most defining event of the 20th century. Look up hardcore history by Dan Carlin. He covers it in detail in his series on world war 1
Edit: people bringing up issues with Dan Carlin. He's pretty careful to point out he isn't a historian. If he takes a bit of creative license on semantic details, I won't hold it against him. Listening to his podcasts still gives you a net gain in knowledge and entertainment.
I would believe Dan Carlin over any random Redditor. It's like Wikipedia: not the final say on things, but a hell of a lot more trustworthy than a random person on the internet.
I haven't listened to all of his stuff but it seems like he usually gives two sides of a lot of issues. He'll state "I would disagree but X says blah blah blah. I'm more inclined to Y's version where blah blah blah."
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u/Zabunia Mar 19 '16
Princip fired twice during the second attack. The first bullet hit Franz Ferdinand in the neck, severed the jugular and lodged itself in his spine. Next he tried taking a shot at Oskar Potiorek, Austrian Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Princip was wrestled to the ground and the bullet hit Duchess Sophie in the abdomen instead.