British declaration of war on Germany

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declaration of war diplomatic document event in World War I

The British declaration of war on Germany was the formal act on 4 August 1914 by which the United Kingdom entered World War I in response to Germany’s invasion of Belgium and France.

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British declaration of war on Germany (1914)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	declaration of war ⓘ diplomatic document ⓘ event in World War I ⓘ
allianceContext	Triple Entente NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British entry into World War I ⓘ
announcedBy	Sir Edward Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
archivedIn	UK National Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOfDeclaringState	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	German invasion of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ German invasion of France NERFINISHED ⓘ violation of Belgian neutrality ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	one of the first major Allied declarations of war in 1914 ⓘ
commemoratedOn	World War I centenary (2014) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	4 August 1914 ⓘ
day	4 ⓘ
deadlineForUltimatum	23:00 BST, 4 August 1914 ⓘ
declaredOn	German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentHeadAtTime	H. H. Asquith NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early World War I ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	1839 Treaty of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mediaCoverage	reported in The Times NERFINISHED ⓘ reported in major British newspapers ⓘ
militaryConsequence	Royal Navy placed on war footing ⓘ mobilization of British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
monarchAtTime	George V NERFINISHED ⓘ
month	August ⓘ
officeOfAnnouncer	British Foreign Secretary NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedAlliance	Triple Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United Kingdom entry into World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I diplomatic history ⓘ
politicalConsequence	beginning of total war for British Empire ⓘ broad support in British Parliament ⓘ
precededBy	British ultimatum to Germany regarding Belgium ⓘ
relatedTo	German invasion of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ July Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Schlieffen Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	United Kingdom entered World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ state of war between United Kingdom and German Empire ⓘ
timeOfDay	23:00 BST ⓘ
triggeredBy	German refusal to withdraw from Belgium ⓘ
typeOfAct	formal diplomatic note ⓘ
year	1914 ⓘ

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July Crisis of 1914 → hasKeyEvent → British declaration of war on Germany ⓘ

Belgian neutrality → contributedTo → British declaration of war on Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: British declaration of war on Germany (1914)