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  blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife and declared war on Serbia.
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  germany had declared a war on russia
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  Japan declared war on Germany through her alliance with Great Britain, signed in 1902
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  Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies.
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  Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated.
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  At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end