The World Wars
Category: Autre
mise à jour avec succès: 30 janv. 2023
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Les événements
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand,
heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who was
killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Sophie,
Duchess of Hohenberg by Gavrilo Princip, a
Bosnian SerbAustria-Hungary seeks German support for a
war against Serbia in case of Russian militarismBeginning of the "Black Week"Kingdom of Serbia mobilizes, expecting Austria
to declare war after the refusal of the
ultimatumAustria mobilizesTo my peoples! manifestoWilly–Nicky correspondenceGermany sends Russia an ultimatumRussia mobilizes for warGermany declares war on Russia and mobilizesFrance mobilizesItaly declares its neutralityDenmark, Sweden and Norway unitedly declare
their neutralityGerman–Ottoman allianceGermany invades LuxembourgSkirmish at Joncherey, first military action on
the Western FrontGermany declares war on FranceSwitzerland declares its neutrality and
mobilises for defence purposesThe United States declares neutralityPériodes
The Balkan TheatreDiplomatic EventsThe Eastern FrontWestern FrontGermany besieges and captures fortified Longwy, "the Iron Gate to Paris", near the Luxembourg border, opening France to mass German invasion
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