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This 6 page paper discusses the idea that Germany is solely responsible for starting World War One, and argues that while it was a prime actor in the conflict, it was not the sole instigator of the conflict. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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was responsible for starting the war. Discussion In truth, there doesnt really seem to be any good reason for this war. There was no Pearl Harbor style attack; no firing
on Fort Sumter; no unjust government ruling from far away causing dissention; no sudden invasion of one nation by another; no demand for territory. It seems as if the war
was fought simply because Europe was a powder keg and everyone felt it was time to fight. There have been countless wars fought in the history of mankind, and this
was one of the strangest, as well as one of the deadliest. According to Dr. Gary Sheffield, many people today would agree with Baldrick, a character from a completely
insane BBC series called Blackadder Goes Forth, set during the First World War.1 According to Baldrick, the war started when "Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry. His
garbled version of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary reflects popular opinion: that the issues were not worth the ensuing bloodbath."2 While most non-historians would probably agree, those
who have made a study of the conflict would not.3 The Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) are alleged to have created the conditions for conflict at the very least; some
even blame Germany for "planning and waging a deliberate war of aggression."4 Sheffield explains that by summer 1914, Europe was, for all practical purposes, divided into two armed camps: the
"Entente Powers and the Central Powers"; Germany, which was one of the Central Powers, went from a posture of keeping the status quo to one of aggression.5 Instead of renewing
a treaty with Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II instead allied Germany with Austria, creating the Central Powers and making all of Europe, but especially France and Russia, very uneasy.6 The latter
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