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, Dual Frame version; Standard 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)
- General Friedrich von Bernhardi, The Next War
- English translation published in 1914
- 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
- Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs
- 1912-1914
- Willy-Nicky Letters between the Kaiser and the Czar
- 1894 - 1914
- (English translations -- including introduction and timeline)
- The Tampico Incident
- 20 April 1914
- [[1914/colhouse.html Colonel House's Report to President Wilson]
- May 1914
- [1914/ferddead.html 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- [[1914/wilnotes.html German Dispatches and the Kaiser's Annotations]
- June-July 1914
- [[1914/frzwilly.html Autograph Letter of Franz Joseph to the Kaiser]
- 2 July 1914
- [[1914/blankche.html The 'Blank Check']
- 6 July 1914
- Germany's assurance of support to Austria-Hungary
- [[1914/a-hultdt.html The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia]
- 23 July 1914
- (German original)
- <a href="1914/austro-hungarian-ultimatum.html The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia]
- 23 July 1914
- (English translation)
- [[1914/russmemo.html Russian Memorandum of Advice to Serbia]
- 24 July 1914
- [[1914/reponseserb.html The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum]
- 25 July 1914
- (French original)
- <a href="1914/serbresponse.html The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum]
- 25 July 1914
- (English translation)
- [[1914/intrans.html Wilhelm II's Intransigence]
- 26 July 1914
- [[1914/pledplan.html The Pledge Plan]
- 28 July 1914
- [[1914/a-hdecwar.html The Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War on Serbia]
- 28 July 1914
- [[1914/willynilly.html The "Willy-Nicky" Telegrams]
- 29 July - 1 August 1914
- [1914/greyegal.html Sir Edward Grey's Indecisiveness]
- 31 July 1914
- [[1914/lichno.html Prince Lichownowsky's Reply to Sir Edward Gray]
- July 1914
- [1914/kwiijuly.html Wilhelm II's Account of Events]
- July 1914
- [1914/willytalk.html Wilhelm II's War Speeches]
- July - August 1914
- [1914/germandecruss.html The German Declaration of War on Russia]
- 1 August 1914
- [1914/germturk.html The Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey]
- 2 August 1914
- Avalon project copy of the same treaty
- [[1914/germpassbelg.html The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium]
- 2 August 1914
- [[1914/belgsayno.html The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage]
- 3 August 1914
- [[1914/italneut.html The Italian Declaration of Neutrality]
- 3 August 1914
- [1914/greytalk.html Sir Edward Grey's Speech Before Parliament]
- 3 August 1914
- [1914/paperscrap.html Origin of the Term "A Scrap of Paper"]
- 4 August 1914
- [1914/theobelg.html The Imperial Chancellor Defends the Invasion of Belgium]
- 4 August 1914
- [1914/alberto.html King Albert I of the Belgians' Speech to the Belgian Parliament]
- 4 August 1914
- [1914/poincare.html President Poincaré's War Message]
- 4 August 1914
- Great Britain Declares War on Germany
- 4 August 1914
- As reported in the Daily Mirror
- [1914/clemenso.html Clemenceau Calls France to Arms]
- 5 August 1914
- [[1914/wilhelm-wilson.html Telegram from Wilhelm II to President Wilson, August 10, 1914]
- 10 August 1914
- [1914/bryanloan.html Secretary of State Bryan Opposes Loans to Belligerents]
- 10 August 1914
- [[1914/realmact.html The British Defense of the Realm Consolidation Act]
- 12 August 1914
- [1914/liege.html The Fall of Liège, ]
- 11 - 15 August 1914
- [1914/japanult.html Japanese Ultimatum to Germany]
- 15 August 1914
- [1914/fjorder.html Franz Josef's Orders to the Armed Forces,]
- 16 August 1914
- [[1914/wilsonneut.html President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality]
- 19 August 1914
- [[1914/brussfall.html The Fall of Brussels]
- 20 - 21 August 1914
- [[1914/louvburn.html The Burning of Louvain]
- 26 August 1914
- [[1914/helgo.html Sea Fighting off Helgoland]
- 28 August 1914
- [[papers/belgrey.html The Belgian Grey Book: Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War
- 24 July - 29 August 1914]
- [[1914/joffre.html Marshall Joffre's Report on the Marne]
- August - September 1914
- [1914/parisbye.html Abandonment of Paris]
- 3 September 1914
- [[1914/tripentente.html The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace]
- 4 September 1914
- [1914/armship.html The US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels,
- 19 September 1914]
- [1914/u-9.html U-9 Submarine Attack]
- 22 September 1914
- [[1914/aisne.html Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne]
- 28 September 1914
- [1914/ukbelgneut.html The London Times on Belgian Neutrality]
- 30 September 1914
- [1914/wirballen.html War on the Eastern Front: The Battle of Wirballen, ]
- 4 - 8 October 1914
- [1914/profgerm.html Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches]
- 23 October 1914
- (German original)
- <a href="1914/profeng.html Declaration of Professors of the German Reich]
- 23 October 1914
- (English translation)
- [1914/ypres1.html First Battle of Ypres]
- 31 October - 17 November 1914
- [[1914/emden.html 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
- [[1914/bryrice.html Letter Concerning William Jennings Bryan's Opinion of the Great War]
- 13 November 1914
- [1914/spee.html Graf von Spee's Report]
- November 1914
- [[1914/giolneut.html Giolitti's Justification of Italian Neutrality]
- 5 December 1914
- [[1914/brougham.html Brougham's Memorandum of Interview with President Wilson]
- 14 December 1914
- [[1914/luxemboo.html The German Occupation of Luxembourg]
- 1914-1918
- (as documented in the original French and German-language dispatches)
- [[1914/93intell.html Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals]
- 1914
- [1914/hasslied.html The Hasslied]
- 1914
- [1914/russfail.html Failings of the Russian Army Medical Service]
- 1914
- [[1914/kitchner.html Kitchener's Address to the Troops]
- 1914
- [[1914/battleorder.html U.S. Army Order of Battle]
- 1914
- [http://oll.temple.edu/hist249/course/Documents/political_development_of_us_neut.htm The Political Development of US Neutrality Policy]
- 1914 - 1915
- Discussions between President Wilson & Secretaries Bryan and Lansing
- [1915/usloans.html U.S. Policy on War Loans to Belligerents]
- 1914 - 1915
- [1915/usmarit.html U.S. Protests Against Maritime Warfare]
- 1914 - 1915
- [[1914/gruppew.html German Army Groups on the Western Front]
- 1914 - 1919
- [[1914/gruppee.html German Army Groups on the Eastern Front]
- 1914 - 1919
- Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley