August 1914
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This article covers breaking news and events in August 1914.
Daily events
Saturday 1st August
- German Empire : After the demand for the withdrawal of Russian mobilization was not met, Wilhelm II gave the order to mobilize at 5 p.m. and shortly afterwards declared war on the Russian Empire .
- France : At 3:55 p.m., France declares general mobilization.
Sunday 2nd August
- Luxembourg : The city is occupied by the German army in the morning according to the Schlieffen plan .
- German Empire / France : The first day of mobilization is in both countries. According to the plans of the Schlieffen Plan, seven of the eight German armies are marching in the west (two armies defensive, five in the offensive swing wing). You are initially facing five French armies.
- German Empire / Belgium : At 8 p.m. Belgium was asked in an ultimatum to submit a declaration within twelve hours stating that the Belgian army would be passive when German troops march through, which the next morning, on August 3, was rejected becomes.
- German Empire / Ottoman Empire : The two countries form a secret alliance. The Ottomans hope that their expansion goals, which were directed to the Caucasus and Central Asia, will be realized.
- German Empire : Citing military sources, several separate papers report that French planes dropped bombs on Nuremberg without a French declaration of war being made beforehand. The report later turns out to be newspaper duck ; it is mentioned in the declaration of war on France the following day .
- United Kingdom : In two meetings, the British cabinet under Prime Minister Asquith decides that the Royal Navy will protect the French coast in the event of a German attack (meeting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and that if Belgian neutrality is violated (meeting from 18 : 30 a.m. to 8 p.m.).
Thursday 20th August
- Rome: Pope Pius X dies
- Brussels: German troops occupy the Belgian capital.
Sunday 23rd August
- Marienburg , West Prussia : Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff arrive on the Eastern Front as the new Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Staff of the 8th Army .
See also
- Nekrolog August 1914
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August .
- Category: Day of commemoration, celebration or action in August (catalog with Wikipedia articles for August).
Web links
Commons : August 1914 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm IR : To arms! Ed .: Deutsche Tageszeitung, reprint from: Deutscher Reichsanzeiger . Berlin 1914 ( historia.net - "I hereby determine: The German Army and the Imperial Navy are to be prepared for war in accordance with the mobilization plan for the German Army and the Imperial Navy . August 2, 1914 is set as the first day of mobilization.").
- ↑ Welt-Blatt of August 4, 1914, p. 4 [1]
- ↑ Barbara Tuchman: August 1914. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-596-19734-7 , p. 244.
- ↑ Barbara Tuchman: August 1914. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-596-19734-7 , p. 305.
