The Start of #WWI on Twitter

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

Historian James Carson at Made From History opened Twitter accounts for the principle players in the first World War. They are posting events as they happened 100 years ago, but using modern Twitter language, of course. You can catch up at this post that features all the replies for the summer, and bookmark the site or follow the Twitter accounts to see how it plays out in real time. -Thanks, Frankie Rendón!