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29th July

The Kaiser sends a telegram to the Tsar to try to prevent war.

• 5 mins

30th July

The tsar orders a full mobilisation of the Russian army.

• 5 mins

31st July

Panic in the financial markets as the Bank of England is forced to close.

• 5 mins

1st August

The German government receives word that Britain will remain neutral.

• 5 mins

2nd August

The British cabinet is split over whether to join the war.

• 5 mins

3rd August

The British foreign secretary speaks in favour of war at the House of Commons.

• 5 mins

4th August

Britain declares war on Germany.

• 5 mins

5th August

Advertisements in British newspapers urge the public to enlist in the army.

• 5 mins

6th August

German Zeppelins bomb the Belgian city of Liege, the first air attack on a European city.

• 5 mins

7th August

British Trade Unions announce they will not oppose the war.

• 5 mins

8th August

The French army declares a victory in their lost province of Alsace.

• 5 mins

1914: Day by Day - Omnibus

Episode 1

The world reacts to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.

• 28 mins

1914: Day by Day - Omnibus

Episode 2

The British are preoccupied by Suffragette protests and tensions over Irish 麻豆约拍 Rule.

• 28 mins

1914: Day by Day - Omnibus

Episode 3

Margaret Macmillan looks through accounts of the events leading up to the First World War.

• 30 mins

1914: Day by Day - Omnibus

Episode 4

Margaret Macmillan tells the story of the events leading up to the First World War.

• 15 mins

1914: Day by Day - Omnibus

Episode 5

Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia threatens to drag all of Europe into a war.

• 28 mins

1914: Day by Day - Omnibus

Episode 6

Margaret Macmillan tells the story of the events leading up to the First World War.

• 28 mins