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Turning point · The Great War, 1914–1918

The ultimatum

Map showing The ultimatum — The Great War, 1914–1918
TURNING POINT · THE GREAT WAR, 1914–1918

23 Jul 1914 — Vienna hands Serbia a 48-hour ultimatum written to be refused. Serbia accepts nearly all of it; Austria-Hungary declares war anyway on the 28th, and shells Belgrade the next day.

This is one scene of Chapter 1 — The Powder Keg in The Great War, 1914–1918.

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