What the f was World War 1? Some Hungarian aristocrat gets shot by a guy in Duran Duran, and the whole world had to shut down?
The German general staff was afraid of Russia's growing power and wanted a pretext to attack them before it was too late.
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In both world wars, western money scared to death of Russian Communism or Socialism, Nazi Germany seen as bulwark against westward Red tide
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That plus a gross underestimate what war would actually mean. 19th century wars where fought with horses and battles lasted hours not years
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Also Britain was afraid of Germany's industrial machine n wanted to trim it. Meanwhile Germany was jealous of France's cultural popularity.
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Politicians playing chess, then.
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German war plans for a 2 front war required them to act when Russia started mobilizing. So Russians triggered Germans without firing a shot
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@paulg I don't think it was as simple as you are making it out to be.@HardcoreHistory can help you get a better idea.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Actually, Germany wanted to attack France without Russia coming to France's aid via the complicated alliances of the time.
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That, and a complex network of defense treaties which obligated various states to come to eachother's aid, making a world war out of a war.
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Also, Britain had plans to break apart the Ottoman Empire, and France wanted revenge for the last Franco-German war.
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