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The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Greater Serbia.
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one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.
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The Imperial German Government have used every effort since the beginning of the crisis to bring about a peaceful settlement
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The Germans thought that France would be weak and easy to capture, whereas Russia would be much stronger, but very slow to mobilise
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The German invasion plan for France called for an attack through Belgium, instead of through the heavily defended Franco-German border
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Germany did not withdraw from Belgium. so great britian declared war on germany
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Russia was allies with these countries and Serbia, so Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia because it had already declared war on Serbia.
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The Napoleonic wars left most countries pining for peace. A diplomatic device know as the balance of powers doctrine was more or less accepted by all of them, as a means to maintain the peace.
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The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania, famous for its luxurious accommodations and speed capability, primarily ferried people and goods across the Atlantic Ocean between the United States and Great Britain.
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declaration of war against Germany in order to make the world safe for democracy.
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the United States Congress formally declared war on Germany and its allies
