- Austria-Hungary (A-H) responds to assassination with ultimatum for Serbia:
- Accept full responsibility
- Right to prosecute conspirators in A-H
- Right to police anti-Austrian groups in Serbia
- Serbia responds with agreement to the first 2 but not the right to police but offers to have terms settled by an international conference
- Germany sends A-H a “blank check” offers support
- A-H declares war on Serbia
- Russia mobilizes troops on the A-H Border and German Border, Germany perceives this as an act of war
- Germany sends ultimatum requiring free passage through Belgium, Belgium deies request
- Germany declares war on France
- Great Britain declares war on Germany because of treaty with Belgium
ALLIES:
GREAT BRITAIN
FRANCE
RUSSIA
JAPAN
ITALY
BELGIUM
SERBIA
CENTRAL POWERS:
GERMANY
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
BULGARIA