Diary JULY 7, 1914

07-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 7, 1914:

German ambassador in London Prince Lichnowsky — The German ambassador in London, Prince Lichnowsky, who earnestly sought in these critical weeks for peace.

POLITICS: AUSTRIA
Council of Ministers and Chief of Staff meet for nearly 7 hours; only Count Tisza disagrees on principle of unacceptable ultimatum to Serbia.

POLITICS: GERMANY
Foreign Ministry instructs London Ambassador ‘…to avoid everything that could create the impression, that we incited the Austrians to go to war’. Chancellor tells adviser ‘An action against Serbia can lead to World War’.

POLITCS: SWTZERLAND
The King of the Belgians on visit.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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