1. Archduke
Franz Ferdinand

2. EUROPE 1914 BRITAIN RUSSIA GERMANY BELG. FRANCE AUSTRIA- HUNGARY
ROMANIA
SERB.
SPAIN
BULG.
ITALY
OTTOMAN
EMPIRE

3. DREADNOUGHT RACE

5. Imperial Colonies

6. Alliances 1914
RED: Triple Entente
Green: Triple Alliance

7. June 28, 1914 -Assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand
July 28, Austria declares war against Serbia
July 31, War between Austria and Russia
August 1, Germany, bound by the Triple Alliance declares war with Russia.
France and Britain, bound by Triple Entente, automatically at war with Germany.
In just over a month, all of Europe is at War – the Great War has begun.