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Trintron · April 24th, 2012, 06:29 PM

The start of the First World War was a tragic comedy of errors, as mentioned earlier in the thread the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the main backer of the anti militarist in Austria-Hungary at the time and realized that war with Serbia means war with Russia, with his death Austria-Hungary would march inevitably towards war with Russia. In Germany's case the Kaiser's foreign minister gave the Austrians the false impression that the Germans would support any action Austria-Hungary would take against Serbia, which was not true. Any declaration of war against Serbia would mean war with Russia, Germany and the other powers of Europe at the time knew this, but did nothing to stop the march towards war when Austria-Hungary's militarist declared war on Serbia.

The thing that amazes me is that all of the powers in Europe believed that the First World War would be quick, no body really gave diplomacy a chance to resolve this crisis and stop a war from happening, it seemed that the belligerents involved did not account for a long war thus marching towards the start of a war. From what I understand, Serbia was willing to accept a diplomatic solution to resolve the crisis before the war started.
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On a separate topic, it is important to keep in mind that as the war progressed, Britain's naval blockade on German shipping at the beginning of the war really began to take a toll on the German economy as the war dragged on. All of Germany's air and naval campaigns against Britain, like the Zeppelins, submarine warfare, shelling of the English coast early in the war, and the many attacks on London were a desperate attempt to lift the naval blockade.

Which is why Germany was desperate to win the war in the west before the USA was ready to fight the war, each of the “great” offensives in the west was a desperate attempt to end the war before the German economy collapsed. Right before the war ended, the Germans wanted to end the war because the citizens back home were literally rioting in the streets because of food shortages from the blockade.

April 24th, 2012, 06:29 PM	#188
Trintron Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 97 Thanks: 785 Thanked 1,351 Times in 97 Posts	The start of the First World War was a tragic comedy of errors, as mentioned earlier in the thread the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the main backer of the anti militarist in Austria-Hungary at the time and realized that war with Serbia means war with Russia, with his death Austria-Hungary would march inevitably towards war with Russia. In Germany's case the Kaiser's foreign minister gave the Austrians the false impression that the Germans would support any action Austria-Hungary would take against Serbia, which was not true. Any declaration of war against Serbia would mean war with Russia, Germany and the other powers of Europe at the time knew this, but did nothing to stop the march towards war when Austria-Hungary's militarist declared war on Serbia. The thing that amazes me is that all of the powers in Europe believed that the First World War would be quick, no body really gave diplomacy a chance to resolve this crisis and stop a war from happening, it seemed that the belligerents involved did not account for a long war thus marching towards the start of a war. From what I understand, Serbia was willing to accept a diplomatic solution to resolve the crisis before the war started. ____________________ On a separate topic, it is important to keep in mind that as the war progressed, Britain's naval blockade on German shipping at the beginning of the war really began to take a toll on the German economy as the war dragged on. All of Germany's air and naval campaigns against Britain, like the Zeppelins, submarine warfare, shelling of the English coast early in the war, and the many attacks on London were a desperate attempt to lift the naval blockade. Which is why Germany was desperate to win the war in the west before the USA was ready to fight the war, each of the “great” offensives in the west was a desperate attempt to end the war before the German economy collapsed. Right before the war ended, the Germans wanted to end the war because the citizens back home were literally rioting in the streets because of food shortages from the blockade.