Origins of the First World War

July Crisis• June 28th Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• July 23rd Austria- Hungary demands

Austrian demands

• suppression of all anti AH propaganda• tightening the border• send Austrian officials to

investigate the shooting. • Punish all Serbian officers guilty

of arms smuggling

• July 24th Serbia appeals

• July 25th Austria-Hungary cuts all diplomatic ties

• July 26th British attempts peace conference

• July 28th Austria declares war

• July 29th Russia mobilise troops

• July 29th Germany mobilise troops

• July 30th Austria attack Belgrade

• July 31st Russia begins full mobilisation of troops

• August 1st Germany declares war on Russia

• August 1st France and Belgiumbegin full mobilisation ‘Germany agrees to talk but she does not want

Russia and us to defend ourselves’.

• ‘August 3rd Germanydeclares war on France

• August 3rd Germanyinvades neutral Belgium

• August 3rd Britain demands full withdrawal from Belgium

• August 4th Britain declares war on Germany