Who started World War One?
It may seem strange as we remember the end of the First World War in 2018, that we think about this question but it is one of the most asked questions about this topic.
So, let's spend a minute hearing from an author of the time on the one thing that led to World War One.
According to J.M. Kennedy writing in 1914 in his book ‘How The War Began’...
‘The real causes of the present conflagration have been working for a long time past, and although it is superficially true that Austria began the trouble by her declaration of hostilities against Serbia, a close examination of antecedent events will prove that the real cause of the great European war is the ambition of Germany. Germany, and more especially the German Emperor - for we entirely refuse to believe that the German people as a whole desire war - have been for years past adopting a policy which though pursued in secret has been undeniably aggressive.'
So, let's spend a minute hearing from an author of the time on the one thing that led to World War One.
According to J.M. Kennedy writing in 1914 in his book ‘How The War Began’...
‘The real causes of the present conflagration have been working for a long time past, and although it is superficially true that Austria began the trouble by her declaration of hostilities against Serbia, a close examination of antecedent events will prove that the real cause of the great European war is the ambition of Germany. Germany, and more especially the German Emperor - for we entirely refuse to believe that the German people as a whole desire war - have been for years past adopting a policy which though pursued in secret has been undeniably aggressive.'
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