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4th August
Britain declares war on Germany.
5th August
Advertisements in British newspapers urge the public to enlist in the army.
6th August
German Zeppelins bomb the Belgian city of Liege, the first air attack on a European city.
7th August
British Trade Unions announce they will not oppose the war.
8th August
The French army declares a victory in their lost province of Alsace.
1914: Day by Day - Omnibus
Episode 1
The world reacts to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
Episode 2
The British are preoccupied by Suffragette protests and tensions over Irish Home Rule.
Episode 3
Margaret Macmillan looks through accounts of the events leading up to the First World War.
Episode 4
Margaret Macmillan tells the story of the events leading up to the First World War.
Episode 5
Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia threatens to drag all of Europe into a war.
Episode 6