July 23, 2014

100 Years Ago

On July 23 1914 Austria-Hungary's head diplomat in Belgrade presented a series of demands to the Serbian government. At the same time the Austrian Army was ordered to 'open the War Book' that is, begin the mobilization of reserve units for war. Although Russia had sworn to defend their Serb allies, Germany had assured Austria Hungary that they would back them against Russia. Austria-Hungary was unaware that Germany's plan to help defend Austria-Hungary's northeastern frontier involved an invasion of France through Belgium. In fairness to the Austria-Hungarians. this method of bolstering them against Russia was admittedly somewhat non-intuitive.

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