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Where they right to blame Germany for world war 1? Why why not

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SW-User

It was those Austro-hungarians and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand that sent Europe into a spiral. Austria declared war on Serbia after Germany basically just said "do whatever" which got the Russians involved and then Germany had to get involved then declared war on France as part of the Schlieffen Plan, and then Britain got involved because the Germans went through Belgium.

MethDozer · M

@SW-User Errrrm. Franz Feedinand was an heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire and the assassination was carried out by a Serbian revolutionary part of a Serb-Bosnian revolutionary anarchist group called the Young Bosnians with help and Intel from the Sevian military.

Austro-Hungary had nothing to do with the assasination. So Austria-Hungary didn't really start it, some Serbs did.

walabby · 61-69, M

@MethDozer A young chappie by the name of Princip, I believe. Austro-Hungary may have over reacted a little, but I guess that Franz WAS the heir to the throne...

MethDozer · M

@walabby Plus the Serbians/Bosnians screwed themselves since Ferdinand was actually pretty progressive and sympathetic to their causes.

walabby · 61-69, M

@MethDozer I didn't know that but not surprised. Fanatics rarely do much research before doing radical things...