Diary WWI

World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 7, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers and Chief of Staff meet for nearly 7 hours; only Count Tisza disagrees on principle of […]

World War One Diary for Monday, July 6, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY The Kaiser leaves Kiel on imperial yacht Hohenzollern for his annual summer cruise in Norwegian waters. He will not

World War One Diary for Sunday, July 5, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY Austrian Special Envoy Count Hoyos arrives in Berlin to find out German intentions after Sarajevo. Austrian Ambassador lunches at

World War One Diary for Saturday, July 4, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Archduke’s funeral at Artstetten family castle, 50 miles West of Vienna, after Hofburg Vienna lying-in-state.

World War One Diary for Friday, July 3, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza demands in letter to Count Berchtold that Council of Ministers meet. POLITICS: TURKEY Constantinople

World War One Diary for Thursday, July 2, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador assures Count Berchtold and Emperor Francis Joseph (‘I see a very dark future’) of Berlin’s support. Francis

World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 1, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austrian battleship Viribus Unitis arrives at Trieste with Sarajevo victims’ bodies. POLITICS: SOUTH AFRICA Indian Relief Act. POLITICS: USA

World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 30, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY German Ambassador in Vienna informs Berlin that the Austrian Foreign Minister Count Berchtold holds Belgrade for responsible of the

World War One Diary for Monday, June 29, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Secretary of Austrian Legation in Belgrade suggests Serb complicity in Sarajevo murders. POLITICS: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Anti-Serb riots in Vienna, Bruenn,

World War One Diary for Sunday, June 28, 1914: BOSNIA MURDERING OF ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND AT SARAJEVO, AUSTRIAN HEIR, together with his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg, during their

World War One Diary for Friday, June 27, 1919: France – Peace Process: China says she will not sign Treaty due to Shantung clauses. Germany accepts final protocol. Next day,

World War One Diary for Thursday, June 26, 1919: Germany: Fightings in Berlin and Hamburg. Britain: Haig appeals to workmen and unions to help unemployed ex­-servicemen find work.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 25, 1919: France – Peace Process: Allied note protests at Scapa Flow scuttle and at retention of captured French flags. Siberia: Reds 20

World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 24, 1919: France – Peace Process: Belgium to have priority in German reparations up to $ 500 millions. Hungary: Hungarian­-Czech Army truce. Anti­-Communist

World War One Diary for Monday, June 23, 1919: France – Peace Process: Mr Haniel indicates (25 minutes before ultimatum expires) Germany will sign under protest after delay refused. Germany

World War One Diary for Sunday, June 22, 1919: France – Peace Process: German Assembly at Weimar votes 237­-138 for Peace Treaty. Supreme Council refuses to accept German war guilt

World War One Diary for Saturday, June 21, 1919: North Sea: GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET INTERNED AT SCAPA FLOW SCUTTLES from 1215 hours;: 9 of 1,800 German sailors killed as

World War One Diary for Friday, June 20, 1919: France – Peace Process: Count Brockdorff-Rantzau refuses to sign Peace Treaty, as does Scheidemann Government which resigns (Bauer-Erzberger Ministry formed on

World War One Diary for Thursday, June 19, 1919: Nothing much to report.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 18, 1919: Baltic: Royal Navy’s CMB4 torpedoes sinks Red cruiser Oleg off Fort Krasnya Gorka, Lieutenant Agar wins Victoria Cross. Stalin executes 67