July 28, 1914:  Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Starts WWI On this day in 1914, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  The “domino effect” of alliance obligations that ensued effectively started World War I. See exactly how the beginning of the war played out and the events leading up to it in The Great War’s WWI Timeline.
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July 28, 1914:  Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Starts WWI

On this day in 1914, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  The “domino effect” of alliance obligations that ensued effectively started World War I.

See exactly how the beginning of the war played out and the events leading up to it in The Great War’s WWI Timeline.

Source: to.pbs.org

June 6, 1944: D-Day 68 years ago today, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. Over 160,000 Allied troops and 30,000 vehicles landed along a 50-mile stretch of fortified French coastline and begin fighting on the beaches of Normandy. Read a few letters written by American soldiers in Europe after D-Day. Photo: National ArchivesGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day: “full victory - nothing else” to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe.
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June 6, 1944: D-Day

68 years ago today, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. Over 160,000 Allied troops and 30,000 vehicles landed along a 50-mile stretch of fortified French coastline and begin fighting on the beaches of Normandy.

Read a few letters written by American soldiers in Europe after D-Day.

Photo: National Archives
General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day: “full victory - nothing else” to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe.

Source: to.pbs.org

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