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A war of Balkan inception, regardless of who started such a war, would cause the alliance to respond by viewing the conflict as a casus foederis, a trigger for the alliance. Christopher Clark described that change as "a very important development in the pre-war system which made the events of 1914 possible."
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Battle of the Boar's Head, diversion from the Battle of the Somme which began the next day. July Middle Eastern: Battle of Taif. July 1 Western: The Battle of the Somme begins. July 1–3 Politics: The Social Democratic Party wins a majority in the parliament of the Russian-ruled Grand Duchy of Finland. July 1–13 Western
The German troops started moving through the forest on 19 August. Conditions worsened, and by the time the two armies met, the forest was covered in a deep fog, resulting in the two forces stumbling into one another. At first, the French took the Germans as a light screening force; however, in reality the French were heavily outnumbered.
When the war started, there were repeated delays, which were made worse when Conrad radically changed plans in the middle of mobilization. Russia did much better than expected by mobilizing two thirds of its army within 18 days, and operating 362 trains a day, compared to 153 trains a day by Austria-Hungary.
Military alignments in 1912. When the war started Italy declared neutrality; in 1915 it switched and joined the Triple Entente (i.e. the Allies).. Germany entered into World War I on August 1, 1914, when it declared war on Russia.
Unification of Germany 1866–1871; Franco-Prussian War 1870–1871; Second Concert of Europe 1871; Great Eastern Crisis 1875–1878; Campaign in Bosnia 1878; Dual Alliance 1879; Boer Wars 1880–1902
World War I – major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers , [ 1 ] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred on the Triple Entente of Britain , France and Russia ) and the Central Powers (originally centred on the Triple Alliance of ...