Germans, unaware that their nation would be bled white, and unalterably changed, celebrated the arrival of war.
All Germany's political parties supported the entry into the bloodbath.
And they were fighting for . . .what?
Germany replaced gold marks with paper marks for the duration of the war.
German Communists Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg and Clara Zetkin co-founded with others the Spartacus League.
Germany invaded Belgium, once again bringing up its war guilt. Belgium had done nothing to offend Germany. It was invaded for tactical reasons as the Von Schlieffen Plan required it as part of a wide swinging German right flank invasion of France.
The German army shelled Kaisz, Poland to suppress a civil uprising there.
Imperial German Navy cruisers Goeben and Breslau shelled Algerian ports of Bône and Philippeville, defying orders to proceed straight to Constantinople.
The United Kingdom declared war on Germany, taking Canada, Australia and New Zealand into war with it, as legally, the UK declared war for its dominions at the time. The Canadian government passed the War Measures Act, suspending some civil liberties.
The British government took control of British railways.
Retired British Admiral Charles Cooper Penrose-Fitzgerald formed the Order of the White Feather to persuade women to offer white feathers to men not in uniform to shame them into enlisting.
The United States declared neutrality.
Andrew Carnegie continued with an international peace conference he had organized of religious leaders in Belgium.
The organization it created became the Church Peace Union and is now the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
Zayanes in Morocco launched a siege on Khenifra, Morocco, taking advantage of with French troops being withdrawn for service on the continent.
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