Austro-Hungarian invasion and occupation of Serbia
Collective punishment and massacres of Serbs by Austria … See more

Bulgarian massacres of Serbs
Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand declared on the eve of war: "the purpose of my life is the destruction of Serbia". Many Bulgarian troops were side-lined from front line duty to take part in the occupation of Serbia, past animosities led … See more

Bombardment of English coastal towns
On 16 December 1914, the Imperial German Navy launched a raid on the British seaport towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool, and Whitby. The attack resulted in 137 fatalities and 592 casualties. The … See more

Pogroms
During the war, Russian authorities launched pogroms against German populations in … See more

Baralong incidents
On 19 August 1915, the German submarine U-27 was sunk by the British Q-ship HMS Baralong. All German survivors were summarily executed by Baralong's crew on the orders of Lieutenant Godfrey Herbert See more

During the march towards the German port in Tsingtao and the siege that followed, Japanese forces killed 98 Chinese civilians and wounded 30; there were also countless … See more

Genocide and ethnic cleansing
In the final years of the Ottoman Empire's existence, the Committee of Union and Progress See more