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>It's about May 1914 June 28, 1914 was the day Franz was murdered. Before that day there weren't really any more danger of a war in Europe than there were the
by tomjen3 10y ago
>It's about May 1914
June 28, 1914 was the day Franz was murdered. Before that day there weren't really any more danger of a war in Europe than there were the year before.
It was a wildcard and nobody predicted what would happen it could have happened 10 years before and it could have happened 10 years later. Had there been a couple decent diplomats left in Europe the war could have been avoided. Had the Moltke plan been followed maybe Germany really would have won early. Too many variables to predict.
In summary, please don't compare this to 1914, it makes no sense.
- skyfaller 10y agoIsn't Trump a wildcard? It was pretty hard to predict his electoral victory at any point before he actually won.
- jacquesm 10y agoIn 1914 the world was a powderkeg and Franz Ferdinand's murder was the spark that lit the fuse. > Had there been a couple decent diplomats left in Europe the war could have been avoided. Cf Trumps twitter feed.