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Attempt to murder a person by surprise attack. Usually referred to killing a politician.

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Did Gavrilo Princip ever express regret for his actions during imprisonment?

I would not today come out and defend Austria, but using assassination was not the right way to accomplish our political goals. …
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Why pretend Elser, Thalmann & other dissidents had been killed in air raids?

Earlier in the war, executing "dissidents" might have brought the Nazis some sympathy. Not so in the last year, when Germany was losing, and everyone knew who the "culprits" were. The war and the Nazi …
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Why did Stalin and the Soviet leadership have Leon Trotsky assassinated?

First of all, Trotsky had contested the succession to Lenin with Stalin. If Lenin had been in better health in his last days, Trotsky might have won because Lenin preferred him. So Trotsky was an exis …
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Was the Bosnian Crisis the trigger to WWI and not the assassination?

Austria's response to the assassination of the Archduke was the so-called July Ultimatum. … If it had not been due to the assassination of the Archduke, it would have been over some other matter. …
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