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The Great War: 100 Years Ago


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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

July 28th, 2014

The first country to declare war in the Great war is Austria-Hungary, who triggers a series of war declerations that would involve most of Europe and eventual far flung countries such as Australia, the United States, and Brazil.


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Austria-Hungary ordered a partial mobilisation against Serbia

July 26th, 2014

Austria-Hungary, moving cautiously in its attempt to be prepared to take Serbia while keeping the other European powers from intervening declares a partial mobilization.  Mobilization efforts were costly, difficult to undo, and would negatively effect the economy of any nation that did it, but it was an essential step in the modern war machine to prepare to fight.


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UK proposes conference to avoid war

July 24th, 2014

The British Foreign Minister Edward Grey (the future 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon), proposes an international conference in order to avert war.  The proposal would fail for two reasons, he failed to communicate clearly to Germany that England was prepared to go to war to defend Belgium, and Germany felt the war was better fought now than later when the British and French may have been in a better position to defend themselves.


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The Belgian government announces it will remain neutral in European conflict

July 24th, 2014

The Belgium government on the 24th of July, 1914, refused to allow either Germany into its territory, or to allow French and British forces to move into Belgium to protect its neutrality.  Declaring itself neutral was seen as a forlorn hope, as intelligence from Germany showed that it was only days away from crossing the Belgium border in an attempt to outflank French lines.


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Friedrich von Wiesner reports for the Austro-Hungarian Empire that Serbia not responsible for the Archduke's assassination

July 23rd, 2014

On July 13, Friedrich von Wiesner, who had been assigned by the Austro-Hungarian empire to look into the assasination of the Archduke, reported “There is nothing to prove or even suppose that the Serbian government is accessory to the inducement for the crime, its preparation, or the furnishing of weapons. On the contrary, there are reasons to believe that this is altogether out of the question.”

This one report should have stopped war preperations in its tracks, as individual criminal actions was not cause for war.  The report though was downplayed as Austo-Hungary, at the urging of German, were interested in solving the "Balkan's Question" once and for all.