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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
98 Years Ago: The world blows up
July 31 1914 was the last day of technical peace. Austria had already declared war on Serbia but frantic negotiations and trading of telegrams were still underway. Although by the end of the day all of the major powers except Britain had ordered general mobilization, none had as yet declared war on one another. That would end the next day.
This is a sad anniversary indeed, sir!
ReplyDeleteYou do a good service by commemorating these grim milestones, sir.
ReplyDeleteHmmm....and who was the first to call for general mobilization in his country?????
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