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Had a lovely time in Bosnia. Splendid. Looking forward to an open top parade in Sarajevo tomorrow.
— Franz Ferdinand (@franzferdy1914) June 27, 2014
My partners are useless, but now’s my chance! Die @franzferdy1914 ! #bangbang
— Gavrilo Princip (@gavprincip14) June 28, 2014
Uuuuggghhh!!!
— Franz Ferdinand (@franzferdy1914) June 28, 2014
Hey @Serbia1914 – WTF is with killing our heir!?
— Austriahungary1914 (@1914AustriaHung) June 30, 2014
Don’t blame us @1914AustriaHung , @gavprincip14 is a terrorist!
— Serbia 1914 (@Serbia1914) June 30, 2014
It’s been a long time coming @Serbia1914 – we know you were behind it
— Austriahungary1914 (@1914AustriaHung) July 4, 2014
Oi @1914AustriaHung don’t pick on our mate @Serbia1914
— Russia 1914 (@Russia1914) July 4, 2014
Stay out of it @Russia1914 – @Germany1914 – what do you reckon?
— Austriahungary1914 (@1914AustriaHung) July 4, 2014
@1914AustriaHung here you are. If @Russia1914 attacks we’ve got your back pic.twitter.com/N5qTs6Jd6P
— Germany 1914 (@Germany1914) July 6, 2014
Can everyone calm right down? @Russia1914, @Germany1914, @1914AustriaHung @Serbia1914
— Great Britain 1914 (@1914GBritain) July 11, 2014
Getting a bit paranoid… @1914France @Russia1914 #nervous
— Germany 1914 (@Germany1914) July 16, 2014
Here’s our ultimatum @Serbia1914 http://t.co/4Ns1mZGl0K accept it or accept dire consequences
— Austriahungary1914 (@1914AustriaHung) July 23, 2014
@1914AustriaHung OKAY – we accept… (apart from maybe one or two things) cc @Russia1914
— Serbia 1914 (@Serbia1914) July 25, 2014
That’s it @Serbia1914 – you didn’t do as we asked – this means #war http://t.co/SOygrNzp7g
— Austriahungary1914 (@1914AustriaHung) July 28, 2014
@1914AustriaHung that is bang out of line. Time to get the troops ready
— Russia 1914 (@Russia1914) July 29, 2014
@Germany1914 – if you attack @Russia1914, you’ll need to attack @1914France & we won’t be able to remain neutral
— Great Britain 1914 (@1914GBritain) July 29, 2014
@1914GBritain but @Russia1914 is threatening us!
— Germany 1914 (@Germany1914) July 29, 2014
@Germany1914 we can only stay out of it you don’t attack @1914France & @Belgium1914
— Great Britain 1914 (@1914GBritain) July 29, 2014
Right – we’re getting all the troops ready now.
— Russia 1914 (@Russia1914) July 30, 2014
@Russia1914 WHAT? Right… we’re doing the same. #mobilisation
— Austriahungary1914 (@1914AustriaHung) July 30, 2014
That’s it @Russia1914 – you’re going to get it! #war
— Germany 1914 (@Germany1914) August 1, 2014
@1914GBritain did you see @Germany1914 declared war on our buddy @Russia1914 ?
— France 1914 (@1914France) August 1, 2014
@1914France yeah… er… probably won’t be getting involved unless @Germany1914 messes with @Belgium1914
— Great Britain 1914 (@1914GBritain) August 1, 2014
@1914GBritain but we need to get through @Belgium1914 for our plan to work!
— Germany 1914 (@Germany1914) August 2, 2014
@Germany1914 @Belgium1914 that is not happening!
— Great Britain 1914 (@1914GBritain) August 2, 2014
@Belgium1914 can we come through anyway?
— Germany 1914 (@Germany1914) August 3, 2014
@Germany1914 seriously – WTF?
— Belgium 1914 (@Belgium1914) August 3, 2014
@1914France we’ve got six weeks to knock you out – it’ll be over quicker than last time #war
— Germany 1914 (@Germany1914) August 3, 2014
@Belgium1914 gotta come through unfortunately #war
— Germany 1914 (@Germany1914) August 4, 2014
@Germany1914 we told you not to go through @Belgium1914 ! #war
— Great Britain 1914 (@1914GBritain) August 4, 2014
@1914GBritain phew – glad you’re on our side! Send the troops over
— France 1914 (@1914France) August 4, 2014
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