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If we have to be pedantic, France declared war over Prussia. Germany did not exists at the time. And because Prussia mobilized much more effectively, it attack
by skywal_l 3y ago
If we have to be pedantic, France declared war over Prussia. Germany did not exists at the time.
And because Prussia mobilized much more effectively, it attacked France first.
- guimplen 3y agoYou are being nitpicky about the names while missing the substance. The first battle was the French capture of Saarbrucken. So no, Prussia did not "attacked first".
- skywal_l 3y agoI am sorry you feel I am being nitpicky. You are right that behind words like "attack" or "Germany" they are complex human interactions that are hard to understand in retrospect, but I fell obligated to push that discussion a little further: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ems_Dispatch https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ems_Dispatch Have a good day.