WW I: Germany Refuses British Mediation Offer
July 27, 1914 ….Austrian ambassador in Germany reports to Foreign Minister Count Leopold von Berchtold that the German government would …
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WW I: Germans (Some) Call for Peace
The Social Democrats, the largest party in the German national legislature, were strongly opposed to the oncoming war. Its literature was …
WW I: Ultimatum to the Serbs Approved by Germany
July 22, 1914 The final text of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia is provided in advance to the German Embassy on July …
WW I: French Russian Summit Signals ‘Concern’ to Austria
On July 20, 1914 French President Raymond Poincaré and his Prime Minister René Viviani, arrive in St Petersburg for a Russo-French …
WW I: Austria-Hungary sends troops to the Serbian frontier
July 20, 1914 Austria-Hungary sends troops to the Serbian frontier
WW I: Germany Impatient with Austro-Hungary Indecision
On July 12, 1914 Ambassador Count Laslo Szögyény reported from Berlin that everyone in the German government wanted to see Austria-Hungary declare …
WW I: War Preparations Grip Austria-Hungary
On July 9, 1914 Austria-Hungary Foreign Minister Leopold Berchtold advised Emperor Franz Joseph that he would present Belgrade, [Serbia] with an ultimatum …