Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg29 July 1914
Proposes a neutrality agreement to Britain guaranteeing France's territory
Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Proposes a neutrality agreement to Britain guaranteeing France's territory
The Battle of Liege signifies the first land Battle of the war, as the German Second Army crosses the frontier into neutral Belgium (since 1839) to attack France from the north, the Schlieffen Plan had started
The Reprisals Order, in which Britain bans all neutral parties from trading with Germany
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