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Was done because Franz was shot.
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Russia begins full mobilization of its troops. The same for Belgium.
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They also invade neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium.
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The declaration is binding on all Dominions within the British Empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.
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as World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain “impartial in thought as well as in action.”
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forcing the outnumbered Germans there to fall back. This marks the advent of the Eastern Front in Europe in which Russia will oppose Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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German troops oppose the Russian 2nd Army. , the Germans effectively reposition their troops to counter the initial Russian advance. the battle ends with a German victory and the capture of 125,000 Russians.
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Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Yarmouth
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Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies.
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This was the only truly large-scale naval battle of the war. German forces, confined to port by a British naval blockade, came out in the hope of splitting the British fleet and destroying it ship by ship.
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The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships.
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The allies had taken almost all of German-occupied France and part of Belgium.
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By the beginning of November the allies had pushed the Germans back beyond the Hindenberg line.
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At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end.
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The Austrian government thought Serbia was responsible
