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July 28, 1914
- On July 28, 1914, 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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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (28 July) Austria-Hungary's telegram to the Kingdom of Serbia declaring war, 28 July 1914. At 11:00 a.m. on 28 July, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Following instructions from Bethmann Hollweg, Tschirschky did not present Wilhelm's "Stop in Belgrade" proposal until noon.
On 28 July 1914, exactly one month after Franz Ferdinand's assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. That evening, Austro-Hungarian artillery shelled the Serbian capital of Belgrade from the border town of Semlin (modern-day Zemun), effectively starting World War I.
On 28 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia because of the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Within days, long-standing mobilization plans went into effect to initiate invasions or guard against them and Russia , France and Britain stood arrayed against Austria and Germany in what at the time was called the "Great War", and ...
- Europe before 1914. By 1914, Europe was divided into two rival alliance systems. In 1871, German unification dramatically altered the balance of power in Europe.
- A distant crisis. Photographs. Relations between Austria-Hungary and neighbouring Serbia had been tense in the years before the murder of the Archduke.
- Europe takes sides. Posters. The crisis which developed in the summer of 1914 was one of several that had erupted in Europe in the early twentieth century.
- Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Photographs. With the guarantee of German backing, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum on 23 July, intent on starting a war with Serbia.
The first Austrian invasion of Serbia was launched with numerical inferiority (part of one of the armies originally destined for the Balkan front having been diverted to the Eastern Front on August 18), and the able Serbian commander, Radomir Putnik, brought the invasion to an early end by his victories on the Cer Mountain (August 15–20) and at ...
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