Haldane Mission

I. Churchill and Lloyd George

II. Wilhelm and the Novelle, 7 Feb 1912

III. 1912 Anglo-French Naval Agreement

The Collapse of the Sick Man

I. Italy takes Libya

II. Anti-Turkish coalition

III. Declaration of war on Ottoman Empire, Oct 1912

A. Balkan Wars, 1912-13

B. Treaty of London

IV. Liman von Sanders crisis

Names:

Berchtold, Conrad, Poincaré, Viviani, Sazonov, Paléologue, von Moltke

July Crisis

I. Gavrilo Princip and the Black Hand (Narodna Odbrana)

II. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, 28 Jun 1914

III. International response

IV. Austro-Hungarian ultimatum, 23 Jul

V. Declaration of war on Serbia 28 Jul

The Move to War

I. Grey’s mediation attempt

II. Mobilization

A. War by timetable

B. Kriegsgefahrzustand

III. Britain’s lack of commitment=confusion

IV. Russian general mobilization, 31 Jul

V. German mobilization

A. Schlieffen Plan

VI. Violation of Belgian neutrality