Timeline Tuesday 4 August 1914

Events on Tuesday 4 August 1914 2

• 1914 – 1918 German invasion & WWI Neutrality violated Germany invades neutral Belgium in August 1914, triggering British entry into the First World War. Much of the war on the Western Front is fought on Belgian soil, including Ypres.
• 1914 Germany invades Belgium; Britain declares war Brussels and London The Schlieffen Plan required violating Belgian neutrality, which Britain had guaranteed since 1839. The German chancellor called the treaty a scrap of paper.