AP Euro 1914-Present

By TBearE1234

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • "Blank Check"

  • Serbian Ultimatum

  • Austria declares war on Serbia

  • Tsar Nicholas II orders partial mobilization of army

  • Full mobilization of the Russian army

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Germany issues ultimatum to Belgium

  • Germany declares war for France

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany

  • Period: to

    First Battle of the Marne

    The French are able to turn the Germans away for Paris and trench warfare begins on the western front.

  • Italy joins the Allies