July 28, 1914
The Telegram That Started a World War
Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia on July 28, 1914, and the outbreak of World War I
At noon on a July day in nineteen fourteen, a telegram reached Belgrade so unexpected the Serbs first thought it a hoax. Thirty days after two shots in Sarajevo, how did a Balkan quarrel drag every great power in Europe into the abyss?
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