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Bismark turned up the diplomatic heat by releasing a doctored version of the telegram ostensibly from the Kaiser to Bismark himself called the EMS Telegram
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Prussian forces laid siege to Paris starving the city to surrender
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The Japanese surprised the weastern powers by destroying the entire Russain fleet at the battle of Tsushima for the loss of two torpedo boats, embarrassing Russian defeat
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Japan Praised military with Britain and said that war would begin against Germany on August 23, 1914, two days later Austria-Hungary demanded war on Japan
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Angry with Serbia's Ultimatium, Austria-Hungary demanded war against Serbia
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Germany came together with Austria-Hungary by contact and looked at the Russain movement as an act of war against Austria-Hungary, after warning, declared war on Russia
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France, Caught by treaty with Russia, after there was war with Germany and by enlargement, then Austria-Hungary followed a German declaration
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Britain came together with France by an easier treaty that made a responsability for her to protect France and commanded war against her, she was also responsible for a 75 year old treaty with Belgium
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Germany invaded Britain
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Italy finally joined conflict by siding allies against her two former allies
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President Woodrow Wilson stated a U.S Policy of absolute neutrality, or an official stance that would last until 1917 when Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare- which seriously threatened america's commertial shipping which forced the United States to go to war