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::::''In August 1914, Wilhelm ordered the German army to invade France, triggering World War I. The Allied Powers of France, Russia, and Britain opposed this aggression.'' The ''Kriegsschuldfrage'' (the question who is to fault for the war). Germany wasn't the only nation interested in this war, militaristic factions existed in all major European nations. Is there any serious historian today who claims that Germany was the only culprit? Who claims that there was a single trigger, and not a chain of interlinked triggering events? OTOH, invading Belgium (a fact with isn't mentioned yet) was a particularly unjustifiable act...
 
::::''In August 1914, Wilhelm ordered the German army to invade France, triggering World War I. The Allied Powers of France, Russia, and Britain opposed this aggression.'' The ''Kriegsschuldfrage'' (the question who is to fault for the war). Germany wasn't the only nation interested in this war, militaristic factions existed in all major European nations. Is there any serious historian today who claims that Germany was the only culprit? Who claims that there was a single trigger, and not a chain of interlinked triggering events? OTOH, invading Belgium (a fact with isn't mentioned yet) was a particularly unjustifiable act...
 
::::Unfortunately for Wilhelm II, as far as his personality is concerned, the stale, recycled, British propaganda was mostly right. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 14:18, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
 
::::Unfortunately for Wilhelm II, as far as his personality is concerned, the stale, recycled, British propaganda was mostly right. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 14:18, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
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:::::That's right. The Kaiser just woke up one morning in August 1914 and decided to start a World War. No mention of the "Dear Nicky" letter or nothing. A.J.P. Taylor, a Brit incidentally, is an excellent source for this. I only bring this up cause recently I stumbled upon an original 1927 copy [http://www.amazon.com/Kaiser-Wilhelm-II-Emil-Ludwig/dp/B0008AH6JK of this in English]; never before have I found such detail about the Kaiser before and during WWI in English.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''#NeverHillary'']]</sup> 19:56, 2 June 2016 (EDT)
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:::::That's right. The Kaiser just woke up one morning in August 1914 and decided to start a World War. No mention of the "[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/willynicky.htm Dear Nicky]" letter or nothing. A.J.P. Taylor, a Brit incidentally, is an excellent source for this. I only bring this up cause recently I stumbled upon an original 1927 copy [http://www.amazon.com/Kaiser-Wilhelm-II-Emil-Ludwig/dp/B0008AH6JK of this in English]; never before have I found such detail about the Kaiser before and during WWI in English.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''#NeverHillary'']]</sup> 19:56, 2 June 2016 (EDT)
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