jan 1, 29 - Declarations of war Tsar Nicholas II
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On 29 July the Russian government under Tsar Nicholas II began mobilzing its troops to defend Serbian ally and itself from Austria. Russian then orderd mobilization against Germany. Nicholas II (1868-1918) took that decisive step reluctantly and only after his military experts convinced him that a partial mobilization against the Austrians would upset complex military plans and timetables based on the existing alliance system
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