On 4 August 1914, the United Kingdom went to war after the invasion of Belgium by the German army.The pretext for the European powers to enter the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, on 28 June 1914, by a Bosnian Serb nationalist student. Austria-Hungary turned its suspicions against Serbia. They got the unconditional support of Germany, which thought that the time was right to defeat Serbia, Russia and France. Within a few days, from 25 July to 6 August, many European countries found themselves at war. Two large bl...

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On November 5, 1912, Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected to the Senate in the Mercury-Sun period, which ended May 2, 1914. Four months later on March 17, 1913, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson. He was 31 years old. During the First World War, Roosevelt encouraged the development of submarines. In 1918, he traveled to Britain and to the front in France to supervise the American armed forces. During this trip, in London, he met Winston Churchill then Minister of Munitions. In Franklin Roosevelt's Horoscope:On March 17, 1913 is positioned at 11° 36...

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The First World War began on August 1, 1914 with Germany’s declaration of war against Russia. The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary throne, and of his wife in Sarajevo by a Bosnian Serb nationalist, was the pretext that led the great powers into an all-out war. As a result of earlier unresolved rivalries, two major alliances were formed: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The Triple Entente regrouped France, the United Kingdom and Russia, who succeeded in resolving their differences thanks to the Franco-British agreements known as the Entente Cordiale, ...

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Wilhelm II was the German emperor who ruled Germany during the First World War (emperor from June 15, 1888 to November 9, 1918). He was perceived as bellicose because he encouraged militarism and ruled in an authoritarian manner. He developed a navy and did not oppose to the nationalist movements. During his reign the German industry flourished. He liked military parades but had a conciliatory attitude towards France in several cases, especially in Morocco. However, he could not escape the influence of his highly militarized elites. Following the alliances with Austria-Hungary and the murder o...

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George V was the King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions, Emperor of India, who reigned at the time of the First World War (King and Emperor from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936). From twelve years old, he was forced to join the Royal Navy, attaining the rank of Commander in 1891. George V was the cousin of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his ally, and also of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany who initiated hostilities against Belgium.From 1st to 4 August 1914, Germany went to war: On Saturday 1st August, Germany declared war on Russia at 7.30 in the evening (Russian time).The next day, France dec...

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On Monday 3 August 1914 at 7 30 am, Belgium responded negatively to the German ultimatum demanding free passage for their troops to France. The First World War began the next day for the Belgian people when the German army violated his territory what caused the outbreak of war for the United Kingdom.On Sunday 9 August 1914, French President Raymond Poincare decorated Albert First, King of the Belgians, with the Military Medal after awarding the Legion of Honor to the city of Liege. The plan of the German invasion, which had mobilized a million soldiers, had provided for a rapid invasion of nor...

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