Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia

1914 · Event

At 6 pm Vienna hands Belgrade a 48-hour ultimatum over the Sarajevo assassination, drafted to be refused — Austrian officials investigating on Serbian soil among its ten demands. Europe's chancelleries read it and understand: this is not a note, it is a fuse.

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