Almanac of World War I
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: March 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780813190877
Subjects: European history: First World War; Warfare & Defence; World history: First World War; Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs; First World War, 1914-1918; Military; History; History - Military / War; Europe; Military - World War I
First sentence: With the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, at Sarajevo in late June, a sequence of events begins that leads to an exchange of diplomatic ultimatums and subsequent military mobilizations by Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, Serbia, France, and Great Britain.