this the lesson about the origin of the first world war. this lesson discusses the cuases of world war one

1. Origins of the First
World War

2. July Crisis
• June 28th Assassination
of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• July 23rd Austria- Hungary
demands

3. 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

4. • July 24th Serbia appeals
• July 25th Austria-Hungary cuts
all diplomatic ties
• July 26th British attempts
peace conference

5. • July 28th Austria
declares war
• July 29th Russia
mobilise troops
• July 29th Germany
mobilise troops
• July 30th Austria attack Belgrade

6. • July 31st Russia begins full
mobilisation of troops
• August 1st Germany
declares war on Russia
• August 1st France and Belgium
begin full mobilisation
‘Germany agrees to talk but she does not want
Russia and us to defend ourselves’.

7. • ‘August 3rd Germany
declares war on France
• August 3rd Germany
invades neutral Belgium
• August 3rd Britain demands
full withdrawal from Belgium
• August 4th Britain
declares war on Germany