1914 Documents

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• British Official Documents on the Origins of the War

Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley

Vol. I, The End of British Isolation: 1897 - 1903 (University of Toronto Digital Collections)

Vol. XI, 'The Outbreak of War: June 28 - August 4 1914 (HTML version)

Major Resource!

• Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch
  Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War

2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German originals)

• Die Deutschen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch 1914 in 5 vols.

German Documents on the Outbreak of War.

Berlin: Im Auftrage des Auswärtigen Amts, 1921.

Transcriptions of vols. 1-5

Under Construction

Volume 1

• Die Deutschen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch 1914 in 5 vols.

German Documents on the Outbreak of War.

Berlin: Im Auftrage des Auswärtigen Amts, 1921.

Facsimiles of vols. 1-2.

• General Friedrich von Bernhardi, The Next War

English translation published in 1914

"Das Regenbogen-Buch"; deutsches Weissbuch, österreichisch-ungarisches Rotbuch, englisches Blaubuch, französisches Gelbbuch, russisches Orangebuch, serbisches Blaubuch und belgisches Graubuch: die europäischen Kriegsverhandlungen

"The Rainbow Book:" German White Book, Austro-Hungarian Red Book, English Blue Book, French Yellow Book, Russian Orange Book, Serbian Blue Book and Belgian Grey Book: The Negotiations Leading to War.

Ed. Max Beer (Bern: Wyss, 1915)

A chronological combination of significant documents from the diplomatic archives of the various belligerent countries.

(29 June - 4 September 1914; facsimile of 2nd edition)

• The French Yellow Book

1913-1914

• The Belgian Grey Book

1914

• The German White Book

1914

• The Russian Orange Book

1914

• The Serbian Blue Book

1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Red Book

1914-1915

• Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, World War

1914

• Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs

1912-1914

• Willy-Nicky Letters between the Kaiser and the Czar

1894 - 1914 (English translations)

• The Tampico Incident

20 April 1914

• Colonel House's Report to President Wilson

May 1914

• The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28 June 1914

As related by Borijove Jevtic,

one of the leaders of the Narodna Odbrana

• The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28 June 1914

As related by his bodyguard
See also the Sarajevo Article by Micheal Shackelford

• German Dispatches and the Kaiser's Annotations

June-July 1914

• Autograph Letter of Franz Joseph to the Kaiser

2 July 1914

• The 'Blank Check'

6 July 1914

Germany's assurance of support to Austria-Hungary

• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (German Original)

23 July 1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (English Translation)

23 July 1914

• Russian Memorandum of Advice to Serbia

24 July 1914

• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (French Original)

25 July 1914

• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (English Translation)

25 July 1914

• Wilhelm II's Intransigence

26 July 1914

• The Pledge Plan

28 July 1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War on Serbia

28 July 1914

• The Willy-Nicky Telegrams

29 July - 1 August 1914

• Sir Edward Grey's Indecisiveness

31 July 1914

• Prince Lichnowsky's Reply to Sir Edward Gray

July 1914

• Wilhelm II's Account of Events

July 1914

• Wilhelm II's War Speeches

July - August 1914

• The German Declaration of War on Russia

1 August 1914

• The Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey

2 August 1914

Avalon project copy of the same treaty

• The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium

2 August 1914

• The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage

3 August 1914

• The Italian Declaration of Neutrality

3 August 1914

• Sir Edward Grey's Speech Before Parliament

With subsequent debate on War in Europe in the House of Commons (facsimile transcript)

3 August 1914

• Further discussion of War in Europe in the House of Commons

(including announced rupture of Belgian neutrality and debate on war risk insurance; facsimile transcript)

4 August 1914

• Origin of the Term "A Scrap of Paper"

4 August 1914

• The Imperial Chancellor Defends the Invasion of Belgium

4 August 1914

• King Albert I of the Belgians' Speech to the Belgian Parliament

4 August 1914

• President Poincaré's War Message

4 August 1914

• Great Britain Declares War on Germany

4 August 1914

As reported in the Daily Mirror

• Clemenceau Calls France to Arms

5 August 1914

• Telegram from Wilhelm II to President Wilson, August 10, 1914

10 August 1914

• Secretary of State Bryan Opposes Loans to Belligerents

10 August 1914

• The British Defense of the Realm Consolidation Act

12 August 1914

• The Fall of Liège,

11 - 15 August 1914

• Japanese Ultimatum to Germany

15 August 1914

• Franz Josef's Orders to the Armed Forces,

16 August 1914

• President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality

19 August 1914

• The Fall of Brussels

20 - 21 August 1914

• Full Text of the German "White Paper" On the War

Published in the New York Times, 24 August 1914

• The Burning of Louvain

26 August 1914

• Sea Fighting off Helgoland

28 August 1914

• The Belgian Grey Book: Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War

24 July - 29 August 1914

• Marshall Joffre's Report on the Marne

August - September 1914

• Abandonment of Paris

3 September 1914

• The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace

4 September 1914

• The US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels,

19 September 1914]

• U-9 Submarine Attack

22 September 1914

• Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne

28 September 1914

• The London Times on Belgian Neutrality

30 September 1914

• An die Kulturwelt (Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals)

4 October 1914 (German original)

• Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals

4 October 1914 (English translation)

• War on the Eastern Front: The Battle of Wirballen,

4 - 8 October 1914

• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches

23 October 1914 (German original)

• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches

23 October 1914 (German facsimile with synoptic French translation)

• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches

23 October 1914 (German transcription)

• Declaration of Professors of the German Reich

23 October 1914 (English translation)

• First Battle of Ypres

31 October - 17 November 1914

• Cruise and Destruction of the Emden

2 August - 9 November 1914

• Final Letters of Carl Lody

5 November 1914

Prior to his execution as a German spy

• Letter Concerning William Jennings Bryan's Opinion of the Great War

13 November 1914

• Graf von Spee's Report

November 1914

• Giolitti's Justification of Italian Neutrality

5 December 1914

• Brougham's Memorandum of Interview with President Wilson

14 December 1914

• The German Occupation of Luxembourg

1914-1918

(as documented in the original French and German-language dispatches)

• The Hasslied

1914

• Failings of the Russian Army Medical Service

1914

• Kitchener's Address to the Troops

1914

• U.S. Army Order of Battle

1914

• Development of U.S. Neutrality Policy

1914 - 1915

Discussions between President Wilson & Secretaries Bryan and Lansing

• U.S. Policy on War Loans to Belligerents

1914 - 1915

• U.S. Protests Against Maritime Warfare

1914 - 1915

• German Army Groups on the Western Front

1914 - 1919

• German Army Groups on the Eastern Front

1914 - 1919

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