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I checked the wikipedia article on World War I [1] and fail to see how it can be attributed to Germany individually. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wa
by manuel_w 3y ago
I checked the wikipedia article on World War I [1] and fail to see how it can be attributed to Germany individually.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
> The first decade of the 20th century saw increasing diplomatic tension between the European great powers. This reached a breaking point on 28 June 1914, when a Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Austria-Hungary held Serbia responsible, and declared war on 28 July. Russia came to Serbia's defence, and by 4 August, defensive alliances had drawn in Germany, France, and Britain, with the Ottoman Empire joining the war in November.
- VK538FY 3y agoAnd the madness of WWII was in no small way related to the oddly inequitable treaty of Versailles formulated to reflect French and British demands.