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| Timeline 1914 |
| World War One - The War To End All Wars |
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Summer:
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 Cateau.
August 28, 1914: Austria declares war on Belgum.
August 29, 1914: Russians invade Konigsberg.
August 30, 1914: Germans occupy French city of Amiens.
August 31, 1914: Germans defeat Russians at Tannenberg.
Summer turns to Fall and the war goes on.
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