WDF Presents: July Crisis Project #7: Tisza's Pressure

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2014

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On 7th July Austro-Hungarian statesmen met to discuss the previous events and formulate policy. The result was a fundamental transformation of how the Habsburgs planned on representing themselves in the coming days.Remember history friends, you can help this podcast and ensure that this is where history thrives! Support us by going to www.patreon.com/WhenDiplomacyFailsFollow me on Twitter @wdfpodcastAnd visit our official website www.wdfpodcast.com Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0	Imagine winning £15 million on Christmas Day.
0:05.5	The £15 million lotto jackpot must be won on Christmas Day.
0:10.7	There's still time to get in the draw.
0:13.1	Lotto, will you be the next millionaire?
0:16.1	The National Lottery, rules and procedures apply.
0:18.5	Players must be 18 or over.
0:32.4	No. lottery, rules and procedures apply, players must be 18 or over. When Diplomacy Fails Presents
0:34.6	The July Crisis Anniversary Project A day-by-day account of the events that occurred 100 years ago.
0:57.1	TSA's pressure.
1:06.4	Today is the 7th of July 2014, and around this time, 100 years ago, occurred the following events.
1:15.6	As the Austrian ambassador to Germany lunched with Kaiser Wilhelm II on Sunday the 5th of July, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian chief of staff, Conrad von Hotsendorf, was making a case directly to the Emperor Franz Josef himself.
1:25.6	Conrad had mostly persuaded the Emperor that a war with Serbia was unavoidable,
1:31.5	and that to Dali further would be to court disaster for the Habsburgs.
1:36.0	How, though, would you fight this war? Franz Joseph asked his grizzled war chief,
1:41.2	if everyone takes up arms against us. Do we have Germany's backing?
1:46.2	Conrad replied, as if all too aware of the Emperor's concerns and the unfolding scene going on
1:51.5	at the Kaiser's lunching table that afternoon. Leopold von Berk told, Austria-Hungary's foreign minister,
1:58.2	had, after all, presented a letter for the emperor to sign in the
2:01.0	days before, and Yosef understood that it had been designed to appeal for German support.
2:07.1	Yet, on the issue of German support, since this was before the German emperor's meeting
2:11.1	that Sunday evening with his top officials, or, consequently, his brisk meeting with them early
2:16.3	the next morning before he set off on his Baltic cruise, the Hasburg Emperor could not be sure.
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