1914 Documents

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• British Official Documents on the Origins of the War

Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley

Vol. I, The End of British Isolation: 1897 - 1903 (Facsimile digitized by the State Library of Pennsylvania)

Vol. II, The Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the Franco-British Entente (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. III, The Testing of the Entente: 1904-1906 (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. IV, The Anglo-Russian Rapprochement: 1903-1907 (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. V, The Near East, the Macedonian Problem and the Annexation of Bosnia: 1903-1909 (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. VI, Anglo-German Tension: Armaments and Negotiation, 1907-1912 (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. VII, The Agadir Crisis (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. VIII, Arbitration, Neutrality and Security (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. IX/1, The Balkan Wars: The Prelude; the Tripoli War (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. IX/2, The Balkan Wars: The League and Turkey (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. X/1, The Near and Middle East on the Eve of War (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. X/2, The Last Years of Peace (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. XI, The Outbreak of War (Facsimile digitized by BYU for Internet Archive)

Vol. XI, 'The Outbreak of War: June 28 - August 4 1914 (HTML transcript version)

Major Resource!

• Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch
  Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War

Sub-title: Diplomatische Aktenstücke zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges 1914 (Diplomatic Documents on the Prehistory of the 1914 War)

2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German and French originals in full-text searchable transcriptions)

Erster Teil - 28. Juni bis 23. Juli 1914

Zweiter Teil - 24. Juli bis 28. Juli 1914

Dritter Teil - 29. Juli bis 27. August 1914

• Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch
  Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War

Sub-title: Diplomatische Aktenstücke zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges 1914 (Diplomatic Documents on the Prehistory of the 1914 War)

2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German and French originals in print-format transcriptions)

• Die Deutschen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch

(German Documents on the Outbreak of War)

13 June 1914 - 27 August 1914

"Herausgegeben im Auftrage des Auswärtigen Amtes"

Charlottenburg: Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft für Politik und Geschichte, 1919 - 1921

(German and French facsimiles in print)

5 volumes in 3:

Vol. 1

Vol. 2

Vol. 3

Vol. 4

Vol. 5 (commentary)

• Die Deutschen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch 1914 in 5 vols.

German Documents on the Outbreak of War.

Berlin: Im Auftrage des Auswärtigen Amts, 1921.

Full-text transcriptions of vols. 1-5

Under Construction

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5 (Commentary)

• General Friedrich von Bernhardi, The Next War

English translation published in 1914

"Das Regenbogen-Buch"; deutsches Weissbuch, österreichisch-ungarisches Rotbuch, englisches Blaubuch, französisches Gelbbuch, russisches Orangebuch, serbisches Blaubuch und belgisches Graubuch: die europäischen Kriegsverhandlungen

"The Rainbow Book:" German White Book, Austro-Hungarian Red Book, English Blue Book, French Yellow Book, Russian Orange Book, Serbian Blue Book and Belgian Grey Book: The Negotiations Leading to War.

Ed. Max Beer (Bern: Wyss, 1915)

A chronological combination of significant documents from the diplomatic archives of the various belligerent countries.

(29 June - 4 September 1914; facsimile of 2nd edition)

• The French Yellow Book

1913-1914

• The Belgian Grey Book

1914

• The German White Book

1914

• The Russian Orange Book

1914

• The Serbian Blue Book

1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Red Book

1914-1915

• Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, World War

1914

• Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs

1912-1914

• Willy-Nicky Letters between the Kaiser and the Czar

1894 - 1914 (English translations)

• The Tampico Incident

20 April 1914

• Colonel House's Report to President Wilson

May 1914

• The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28 June 1914

As related by Borijove Jevtic,

one of the leaders of the Narodna Odbrana

• The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28 June 1914

As related by his bodyguard
See also the Sarajevo Article by Micheal Shackelford

• German Dispatches and the Kaiser's Annotations

June-July 1914

• Autograph Letter of Franz Joseph to the Kaiser

2 July 1914

• The 'Blank Check'

6 July 1914

Germany's assurance of support to Austria-Hungary

• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (German Original)

23 July 1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (English Translation)

23 July 1914

• Russian Memorandum of Advice to Serbia

24 July 1914

• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (French Original)

25 July 1914

• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (English Translation)

25 July 1914

• Wilhelm II's Intransigence

26 July 1914

• The Pledge Plan

28 July 1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War on Serbia

28 July 1914

• The Willy-Nicky Telegrams

29 July - 1 August 1914

• Sir Edward Grey's Indecisiveness

31 July 1914

• Prince Lichnowsky's Reply to Sir Edward Gray

July 1914

• Wilhelm II's Account of Events

July 1914

• Wilhelm II's War Speeches

July - August 1914

• The German Declaration of War on Russia

1 August 1914

• The Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey

2 August 1914

Avalon project copy of the same treaty

• The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium

2 August 1914

• The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage

3 August 1914

• The Italian Declaration of Neutrality

3 August 1914

• Sir Edward Grey's Speech Before Parliament

With subsequent debate on War in Europe in the House of Commons (facsimile transcript)

3 August 1914

• Further discussion of War in Europe in the House of Commons

(including announced rupture of Belgian neutrality and debate on war risk insurance; facsimile transcript)

4 August 1914

• Origin of the Term "A Scrap of Paper"

4 August 1914

• The Imperial Chancellor Defends the Invasion of Belgium

4 August 1914

• King Albert I of the Belgians' Speech to the Belgian Parliament

4 August 1914

• President Poincaré's War Message

4 August 1914

• Great Britain Declares War on Germany

4 August 1914

As reported in the Daily Mirror

• Clemenceau Calls France to Arms

5 August 1914

• Telegram from Wilhelm II to President Wilson, August 10, 1914

10 August 1914

• Secretary of State Bryan Opposes Loans to Belligerents

10 August 1914

• The British Defense of the Realm Consolidation Act

12 August 1914

• The Fall of Liège,

11 - 15 August 1914

• Japanese Ultimatum to Germany

15 August 1914

• Franz Josef's Orders to the Armed Horses,

16 August 1914

• President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality

19 August 1914

• The Fall of Brussels

20 - 21 August 1914

• Full Text of the German "White Paper" On the War

Published in the New York Times, 24 August 1914

• The Burning of Louvain

26 August 1914

• Sea Fighting off Helgoland

28 August 1914

• The Belgian Grey Book: Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War

24 July - 29 August 1914

• Marshall Joffre's Report on the Marne

August - September 1914

• Abandonment of Paris

3 September 1914

• The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace

4 September 1914

• The US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels,

19 September 1914]

• U-9 Submarine Attack

22 September 1914

• Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne

28 September 1914

• The London Times on Belgian Neutrality

30 September 1914

• An die Kulturwelt (Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals)

4 October 1914 (German original)

• Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals

4 October 1914 (English translation)

• War on the Eastern Front: The Battle of Wirballen,

4 - 8 October 1914

• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches

23 October 1914 (German original)

• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches

23 October 1914 (German facsimile with synoptic French translation)

• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches

23 October 1914 (German transcription)

• Declaration of Professors of the German Reich

23 October 1914 (English translation)

• First Battle of Ypres

31 October - 17 November 1914

• Cruise and Destruction of the Emden

2 August - 9 November 1914

• Final Letters of Carl Lody

5 November 1914

Prior to his execution as a German spy

• Letter Concerning William Jennings Bryan's Opinion of the Great War

13 November 1914

• Graf von Spee's Report

November 1914

• Giolitti's Justification of Italian Neutrality

5 December 1914

• Brougham's Memorandum of Interview with President Wilson

14 December 1914

• The German Occupation of Luxembourg

1914-1918

(as documented in the original French and German-language dispatches)

• The Hasslied

1914

• Failings of the Russian Army Medical Service

1914

• Kitchener's Address to the Troops

1914

• U.S. Army Order of Battle

1914

• Development of U.S. Neutrality Policy

1914 - 1915

Discussions between President Wilson & Secretaries Bryan and Lansing

• U.S. Policy on War Loans to Belligerents

1914 - 1915

• U.S. Protests Against Maritime Warfare

1914 - 1915

• German Army Groups on the Western Front

1914 - 1919

• German Army Groups on the Eastern Front

1914 - 1919

WWI Document Archive > 1914 Documents