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
- 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
- 1914/a-hultdt.html The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia
- 23 July 1914
- (German original)
- The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia
- 23 July 1914
- (English translation)
- Russian Memorandum of Advice to Serbia
- 24 July 1914
- The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum
- 25 July 1914
- (French original)
- The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum
- 25 July 1914
- (English translation)
- 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 Lichownowsky'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
- 3 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
- 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
- War on the Eastern Front: The Battle of Wirballen,
- 4 - 8 October 1914
- Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches
- 23 October 1914
- (German original)
- 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)
- Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals
- 1914
- 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
- The Political Development of US 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
- Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley
