pos;s mobilization as a threat against Austria-Hungary and declared war on Russia on August 1, 1914. France declared war on Germany and by extension on Austria-Hungary on August 3. War was not unexpected and countries had already developed strategic plans in the event of war.
             Germany wasted no time in executing the Schlieffen Plan, in which they invaded neutral Belgium to get to Paris by the shortest possible route. Britain, allied to France and committed to Belgium by treaty, declared war on Germany on August 4. On the same day that Britain declared war on Germany, President Woodrow Wilson declared the United States completely neutral.
             The United States found it hard to remain neutral since they tended to lean towards
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