World War I Facts

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungary throne, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist group called the "Black Hand". This was the beginning of a series of events that lead to the First World War.
On July 28, exactly one month after Ferdinand's assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia came to Serbia's defense, recruiting its very large army. It took a full six weeks to bring the entire army together.
On August 1, Germany, in defense of

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