1. Was the Outbreak of the First World War accident or design?
... focuses on long-term causes. Each of these will be considered in turn. Short Term Causes There was no knee-jerk reaction on the 28th June, inspired by either personal loyalty or nationalistic fervour. Austria waited an entire month to go to war, having carefully constructed an unacceptable ultimatum for Serbia and secured German support. And Austria had designs on Serbia ... 1916 Germany would be unable to win any such conflict (a surprisingly prophetic conclusion). Her specific fears, were, however, misplaced, and the nature in which they were illustrates the lack of true situational a...
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