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“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”– Otto von Bismarck (1888)
by DevX101 5y ago
“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”– Otto von Bismarck (1888)
- hef19898 5y agoComing from the guy that built a pan-European system of alliances with the sole purpose of preventing opposing blocks to form, yeah. A pity the big powers, Germany being one of the first ones, tore Bismarck's system of alliances down.
- twelve40 5y agoNot sure the tragedy that happened in the Balkans qualifies as foolish. The local Slavic population was sick of the Austro-Hungary's rule and wanted to kick out the empire they never invited.