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> Instead of Balancing Russia and Austria going all in on Austria That was already Bismarck's choice : he signed a secret deal aligning Germany with Austria in
by pyrale 3y ago
> Instead of Balancing Russia and Austria going all in on Austria
That was already Bismarck's choice : he signed a secret deal aligning Germany with Austria in case of conflict, and jeopardized his relations with Russia at the Berlin conference.
> And then to start the War did the dumbest possible things and instantly made sure Britain was on the other side.
Britain would have been on the other side regardless, already in 1875, Britain and Russia were more likely to align with France if Germany sought a preventive war.
- panick21_ 3y ago> That was already Bismarck's choice And its secret deal because he is playing both sides. That's the whole point. > Britain would have been on the other side regardless This isn't at all true. Britain-German relations were actually quite good. And British-Russian relations were terrible. Germany had messed up generally good relations with Britain because of the idiotic Navy project. But by 1912 this was basically over and relations were improving. British-Russian relations were going to over Persia. Look at how close the margins for war were in British Parliament even after Belgium. > if Germany sought a preventive war Ok but I'm not talking about a preventative war.