The Road to The Great War: The Austrian Ultimatum (TRIH ep 471, part 3)
1914 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the diplomatic and geopolitical context in July 1914 that pushed Europe toward general war. They focus on Russia’s strategic priorities — especially access to the Straits and the Black Sea — and the role of Foreign Minister Sergei Sazanov in directing Russian policy.
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Around 1914
- Presidency of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1923)
- Spanish flu pandemic (1918)
- Russo-Japanese War (1904)
- Mexican Revolution (1910)
- Irish revolutionary period (1912)
- Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910)
- Russian Revolution (1917)
- World War I (1914)
- Founding of the Soviet Union (1922)
- Pop music: the 1920s (1920)