Britain declares war!!!

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August 3, 1914 - Great Britain declares war on Germany

Daily Mirror Headlines: The Declaration of War, Published 4 August 1914

Great Britain Declares War on Germany (Determined Aug 3, Published Aug 4 1914)

Declaration last night (August 3) after 'unsatisfactory reply' to British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral.

The King's message to his navy - Government to take control of all railways. Admiral Jellicoe to be in supreme command of the Home Fleets.

Huge crowds cheer their majesties at palace - £100,000,000 voted in Commons in five minutes. German invasion of Belgium with airships

Great Britain is in a state of war with Germany. It was officially stated at the Foreign Office last night that Great Britain declared war against Germany at 7pm. The British Ambassador in Berlin has been handed his passport.

War was Germany's reply to our request that she should respect the neutrality of Belgium, whose territories we were bound in honor and by treaty obligations to maintain inviolate.

Speaking in a crowded and hushed House the Premier yesterday afternoon made the following statement: 'We have made a request to the German Government that we shall have a satisfactory assurance as to the Belgian neutrality before midnight tonight.'

The German reply to our request, officially stated last night, was unsatisfactory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/mirror01_01.shtml
 

Dylan said:
August 3, 1914 - Great Britain declares war on Germany

Daily Mirror Headlines: The Declaration of War, Published 4 August 1914

Great Britain Declares War on Germany (Determined Aug 3, Published Aug 4 1914)

Declaration last night (August 3) after 'unsatisfactory reply' to British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral.

The King's message to his navy - Government to take control of all railways. Admiral Jellicoe to be in supreme command of the Home Fleets.

Huge crowds cheer their majesties at palace - £100,000,000 voted in Commons in five minutes. German invasion of Belgium with airships

Great Britain is in a state of war with Germany. It was officially stated at the Foreign Office last night that Great Britain declared war against Germany at 7pm. The British Ambassador in Berlin has been handed his passport.

War was Germany's reply to our request that she should respect the neutrality of Belgium, whose territories we were bound in honor and by treaty obligations to maintain inviolate.

Speaking in a crowded and hushed House the Premier yesterday afternoon made the following statement: 'We have made a request to the German Government that we shall have a satisfactory assurance as to the Belgian neutrality before midnight tonight.'

The German reply to our request, officially stated last night, was unsatisfactory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/mirror01_01.shtml
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and 100 years later they send us Super Kev as thanks.
 
I'm just reading about the origins of WW1. Very interesting and complex, the alliance systems etc. we probably would have been with the Hun had war broke out 10 years earlier. And the EU would have been in existence 70 years earlier than it did. Plus we would have violated Belgian neutrality ourselves if the Germans had not have done so
 
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We seem to get a lot of stick as a country. People should remember our country made possibly bigger sacrifices than any other in history ostensibly for others.
 


steken1 said:
For the cheese and bitches?
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No, it's a glorious country, that's extremely diverse in terms of landscape & it's vast. However it's totally ruined by those bumbling, bike riding, lazy arse French whoppers. I've been an advocate of invading their country & evicting them over to our poxy lttle island for years. A war with them is centuries overdue, it's about time we got back to the glory days of the Empire mate. We can start closer to home this time round.
 
Foot Long Hot Dog said:
No, it's a glorious country, that's extremely diverse in terms of landscape & it's vast. However it's totally ruined by those bumbling, bike riding, lazy arse French whoppers. I've been an advocate of invading their country & evicting them over to our poxy lttle island for years. A war with them is centuries overdue, it's about time we got back to the glory days of the Empire mate. We can start closer to home this time round.
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If we're taking(or keeping) the cheese and the bitches I'm in.

In fact I'm in anyways.
 

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