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Originally Posted by NedLynch
Wow, what a thread, such passion and personal feelings, I can't condone the wording in some posts, but I can understand it.
The thread went far off topic from the original "how did they cope with it".
Let's see if I can input my 2cents for what it's worth.
Germany did not start WW1, due to the events in Sarajevo and subsequent actions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the at the time existing treaties Germany was drawn into the war, the powder keg that Europe was at the time simply exploded.
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I'm sorry but that's wrong. It's now a fact that Germany can be considered the main culript of WW1. The Sarajevo killing was only a short term cause, look up for the Schliffen Plan, it was discovered only after the war by some brave German historians and it was the smoking gun, the evidence that the Germans had in mind a European continent invasion and they pushed themselves as much as thinking of a new order for African countries as well.