11h 27min, jul 28, 1914 y - Start of WW1
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WW1 started on July 28, 1914, one month after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Austria-Hungary demanded Serbia to hand over the Black Hand to them.The Russians then defended Serbia, their ally, against Germany by placing troops against the German border. The Germans invaded France, as a strategic tactic, after the Russians refused to remove their troops from the German border. The Germans went through neutral Belgium which made the British react and declare war on Germany.
Who: Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Russia, Britain.
What: Germany were trying to invade France.
Where: the Germans crossed through Belgium to get to France.
When: on July 28,1914,
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11h 27min, jul 28, 1914 y
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~ 110 years ago
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