mickb2112
Striker
You've been watching too much Blackadder mate.
"a war is unavoidable and the sooner the better" Moltke
Here is part of the belligerence I was referring too. Too much pomposity and pig headedness amongst all of the powers. So much greed and lust for power, influence and colonies. Britain wanted to remain to top power, Germany wanted a piece of what Britain had, France was smarting over 1870 and its loss of Alscace Lorraine, Austo Hungarian Empire was losing its influence and was desperately clinging on, the Balkans was an absolute powder keg and Russia had its own agenda. It was a toxic and lethal mix and combined with the alliances dragged everyone into a desperate war.
All of the powers were to blame to a certain extent although none could at that time see what was going to happen.
Once the ball had started rolling, no one would stop it. No one wanted to lose face and be damned with the millions of casualties. Nothing to do with Blackadder, everything to do with politicians and their belligerence.
Revisionist bilge. Herbert Asquith's son was killed on the Somme.
WW1 was a culmination of 50 years of Prussian militarism and an obsession with their right to a 'place in the sun'.
It doesn`t alter the fact that it was the stubbornness on all sides that was a partial cause of the war and caused it to drag on for 4 years. Asquith`s son`s death does not change that in any way. Maybe if diplomatic channels had been explored more thoroughly maybe, just maybe a war could have been avoided but then again maybe not as it seems as though too many parties actually wanted a war.
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