Western Civilization II / Unit 14 WC2 1306 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The July Crisis: Ultimatum, Blank Check, and the Alliances Activate
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The idea
Austria demanded that its own agents investigate inside Serbia; Serbia refused. Germany gave Austria a blank check. Austria declared war on Serbia on the twenty-eighth of July; Russia mobilized on the thirtieth; Germany declared war on Russia on the first of August, then on France.
In practice
Wilhelm II was on vacation, the anchor says.
Where people slip
Britain came in over Belgium, at 1309.
Your place on the trail
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