Entry of European countries into the war

Military and political situation in Europe


Main participants in the military conflict

Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary Franz Joseph I.
Photocopy. Photo. http://www.firstwar.info
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German Emperor Wilhelm II.
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President of France Raymond Poincare.
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Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife during visit to Bosnia on the eve of their assassination by a Serbian student, Gavrilo Princip, member of the Mlada Bosna illegal organisation, which triggered the outbreak of the war.
Sarajevo. 28 June 1914.
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News item on the number of population in Europe’s belligerent countries.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 15 August 1914. № 32. P. 2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Situation in the European theatre
Article “A new war” on the first fighting between Austrian and Serbian troops, arrangement of forces in Europe, plans of different countries for participation in the military conflict.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 17 July 1914. № 28. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Information on Nicholas II’s decree on the conscription of the national militia into the Russian army.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 July 1914. № 29. P. 2-3.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Map of the theatres of war in Europe № 1.
Petrograd. 1914.
Print.
(NIAB, f. 1477, op. 1, d. 3467, l. 1)
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Map of the war plans of Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, England and Russia in the First World War.
Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhitnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 95.
Belarusian.
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Article “The war has begun” on the outbreak of war between Germany and Russia, Germany’s assault on France, the potential war in the whole of Europe, the possibility of bloody battles in Belarusian lands.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 July 1914. № 29. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events in the European theatre of war.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 July 1914. № 29. P. 3.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Fragment of the radio programme “John Reed in the shattered world”: reminiscences by an American war correspondent in Europe, John Reed, on the beginning of World War I.
Sound record. 1968. Duration 66 secs.
(BGAKFFD, № 2631)
Fragment of the radio programme
Survey of events “At war” on military operations in Europe.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 1 August 1914. № 30. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events “The war” on situation in European theatres of war, in different countries.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 1 August 1914. № 30. P. 2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events “The war” on situation in different theatres of war, in different countries. 
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 8 August1914. № 31. P. 1-2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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News report “The great battle” on situation on Germany’s Western Front, battles in Belgium. 
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 15 August 1914. № 32. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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News report “Situation in Europe” on situation in belligerent and non-belligerent countries.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 15 August 1914. № 32. P. 2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Map of the East Prussian Operation of 1914. 
Belarusian.
Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhitnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 98.
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German machine gunners in the battles of the Masurian Lakes.
1914.
Photocopy. Photo. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 222.
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Survey of events “The war” on situation in different theatres of war, in different countries. 
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 21 August 1914. № 33. P. 1-2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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News reports on the battle of Charleroi, redistribution of German troops, military fortifications around Paris.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 21 August 1914. № 33. P. 2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Article “The first month of the war” on situation in belligerent and non-belligerent countries.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 28 August 1914. № 34. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Article “During the week” on the agreement between the countries not to stop fighting without the allies’ consent.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 11 September 1914. № 36. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events “The war” on situation in different theatres of war, in different countries, at sea and in air.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 11 September 1914. № 36. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Article “Two months of the war” on situation on the front line.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 18 September 1914. № 37. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events “The war” on situation in different theatres of war, in different countries.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 18 September 1914. № 37. P. 1-2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events “The war” on situation in different theatres of war, in different countries.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 September 1914. № 38. P. 1-2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events “The war” on situation in different theatres of war.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 2 October 1914. № 39. P. 2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events “The war” on situation in different theatres of war.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 9 October 1914. № 40. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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