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Who knows how World War 1 began? For those who don't here it is.

It began when the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne was assassinated by a Serbian revolutionary in Bosnia in June of 1914.
Russia warned Austria not to attack Serbia. Austria disregarded the warning; Russia moved troops to the Austrian and German borders. Germany mobilized to counter this threat. France was warned by Germany to stay out of the Russian-German conflict. France replied too vaguely for Germany's satisfication, and Germany declared war on France.
Germany than invaded supposedly neutral Belgium. Great Britain was committed to protect Belgian neutrality and declared war on Germany.

Lol. As I am writing this I realize that about half of the countries who started WW1 are where my ancestors are from.
(E.g. Germany, Great Britain, and Belgium.)
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WeirdAddi · F
Ad far as I know it is quite accurate.
Austria did attack Serbia as far as I know.
walabby · 61-69, M
They did declare war on Serbia. I suppose they got around to actually attacking them...
WeirdAddi · F
Yeah I guess. The reasons for the countries actually attacking each other was quite stupid and all that bloodshed could have been avoided. Don't you think?
WeirdAddi · F
Yeah I guess. The reasons for the countries actually attacking each other was quite stupid and all that bloodshed could have been avoided. Don't you think?
walabby · 61-69, M
There was a lot of chest beating going on. Germany was pissed because they were late in getting colonies, France was pissed because they lost the Franco-Prussian war of 50 or so years earlier and the UK had the most powerful navy in the world, and were happy to try it out. Everyone was spoiling for a fight but it ended up being far worse than anyone imagined...
WeirdAddi · F
@walabby: that is true. What do you think about their reasons?
walabby · 61-69, M
I think that they were f****** crazy,but it's all history now. Hopefully the human race won't make that mistake again.. :/
WeirdAddi · F
@walabby: I agree.