June 28,1914:
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand is assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrillo Principe, a member
of the Black Hand terrorist organization.
July 10, 1914:
Viennese foreign minister
Fredrich Von Wisner goes to Sarajevo to study investigation material and
to examine the Serbian governments role in the assassination of the Archduke.
July
13, 1914:
Von Wisner sends telegram
back to Vienna, stating "There is nothing to show complicity of the
Serbian government in the direction of the assassination or its preparations
or in supplying of weapons. Nor is there anything to lead one to conjecture
such a thing. On the contrary, there is evidence that would appear to show
complicity is out of the question." Oddly enough, German authorities had
also come to the same conclusion. Former Chancellor Von Bulow later wrote
in his memoirs "Although the horrible murder was the work of a Serbian
society with branches all over the country, many details prove that the
Serbian government had neither instigated nor desired it."
July 28, 1914: Austria declares war on Serbia
July
31, 1914:
Russia and Austria
decreed the mobilization of there forces, while Germany sends ultimatum
to Russia and France
August 1, 1914:
Germany declares war
on Russia
August
2, 1914:
Germany sends ultimatum
to Belgium demanding free passage for her troops
August 3, 1914:
Germany declares war
on France; Britain sends ultimatum to Germany to respect Belgian neutrality.
Evening August 4, 1914:
No satisfactory response
is received from Germany. Britain declares war.
We have war in Europe!
August 4, 1914:
Germany invades Belgium
August 6, 1914:
Austria - Hungary declares
war on Russia. Serbia declares war on Germany.
August 7, 1914:
British Expeditionary
Force (BEF) arrives in France. France invades Alsace Lorraine.
August 12, 1914:
Great Britton declares
war on Austria - Hungary. Austria invades Poland. Austria - Hungary invades
Serbia.
August 13, 1914:
France declares war
on Austria - Hungary.
August 14 , 1914:
Battle of the Frontiers.
August 16, 1914:
Germans take Belgian
fortress city of Liege. Serbians defeat Austrians at Battle of Jadar.
August 17, 1914:
Russia invades East
Prussia.
August 18, 1914:
Russia invades Galicia.
August 20, 1914:
Germany enters Brussels.
August 22, 1914:
Battle of Mons.
August 23, 1914:
Japan declares war
on Germany.
August 26, 1914:
Battle of Tannenberg.
Battle of Le Château.
Summer turns to Fall
and the war goes on.
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