Russia orders general mobilisation
1914 · Event
After two days of agonising, Tsar Nicholas II authorises general mobilisation in support of Serbia — the step every general staff in Europe treats as war itself. Germany's ultimatum to halt it expires unanswered; the declarations of war follow within days, timetabled by railway.
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