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Identifier: peopleswarbookhi00mill (find matches)
Title: The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859 Canfield, Harry S. (from old catalog), joint author Plewman, William Rothwell, 1880- (from old catalog) Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929 Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The R.C. Barnum co. Detroit, Mich., The F.B. Dickerson co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife and children. The Archduke and wife were assassinated. HISTORY OF THE WAR 35
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Latest photo of Ex-King Constantine of Greece, Queen Sophie and their children at their castle in Switzerland. In the family group sitting from left to right are Ex-Crown Prince George, Ex-Queen Sophie, Ex-King Constantine and Princess Katherine. Standing are Princess Helene, Prince Paul and Princess Irene. Insisting that Serbia must be massacred. Every effort was in vain. Austria made formal declaration of war on Serbia on July 28th. Belgrade was bombarded from across the Danube on July 29th and the great war was on. Germany almost immediately took a hand. She served peremptory demand on the other nations that the conflict be localized, that is that no other power interfer ewith Austrias chastisement of Serbia. War with Russia must come, and conflict with France must follow, the government at Berlin knew. In event the issue that would invoke general warfare did not materialize with sufficient quickness to meet the German demand for an outlet to the blazing war spirit at home, Berlin took immediate
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