Great Britain declared war on Germany, launching World War l. That, in turn, set the stage for the rise of fascism in Europe and led to World War ll, making the 20th Century the deadliest one hundred years in recorded human history.
Great Britain declared war on Germany, launching World War l. That, in turn, set the stage for the rise of fascism in Europe and led to World War ll, making the 20th Century the deadliest one hundred years in recorded human history.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
That is quite simplified and wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I
Have a read up.
Last edited by PA5COR; 08-05-2014 at 01:57 PM.
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Simplified, yes. Wrong? Please elaborate.Originally Posted by PA5COR
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Read my post again. You'll notice that it does not mention the root causes of World War l at all, only the generally agreed upon start date—the date that Britain declared war on Germany.
Last edited by NQ6U; 08-05-2014 at 02:26 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Thanks to the harshness of its peace settlement (signed at Versailles in 1919), sow the seeds for a second and even more destructive global conflict which, in turn, gave rise to the Cold War.
The Key Dates
1914
28th June - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austro-Hungarian Empire, by a Serb separatist at Sarajevo.
28 July - Austro-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia
31st July - Australian Government pledges support for Britain "to our last man and our last shilling"
1 August - Germany declares war on Russia
2nd August - German troops move into Luxembourg
3rd August - Germany declares war on France
3rd August - Australia offers expeditionary force of 20,000 troops
4th August - Germany invades Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany
5 August - Australia declares war on German. Artillery at Fort Nepeanfire at ship Pfalz to stop her leaving Port Phillip Bay - the first Allied shot fired in the war.
6th August - Austro-Hungarian Empire declares war on Russia
7th August - British Expeditionary Force lands in France
10 August - Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F) launch recruitment drive
12 August - Britain and France declare war on Austro-Hugarian Empire
13 August - Austro-Hungarian Empire forces invade Serbia. Establishment of the Australian Red Cross to raise funds to purchase comfort supplies for Australian service personnel overseas
As you can see the war already started before the UK declared war on Germany.
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Agreed ........ August 4th 1914 which really should've been a "day that would live in infamy" .....Britain declared war on Germany to start the Great War and by default pretty well dragged the Commonwealth in and for that 60,000 Canadians died in those amazing killing fields and trenches of Belgium and France....... all to set up in preparations for the conditions to start the Second World War :(
Why,driving into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour, would I expect it not to hurt!
Walk and Talk like a Canajun!!
It was more complex than expressed on the TV, and little of the full build-up history has normally been explained. Wikipedia has quite a lot of information. Here is a little of my infill perhaps:
Beginning, possibly as long ago as the reunification, the German government forsaw the need to fully equip their new army and to defend both the Eastern and Western fronts during their ambitions. These ambitions had seemed clear to France from the 19th century leading to the reinforcement of the frontier. The assassination of the headstrong Archduke Ferdinand was probably of little global importance and some nations would have breathed a sigh of relief.
At the start of World War I, to assist in these ambitions the Germans planned to use the existing railways to carry troops and equipment through neutral Luxembourg and Belgium, annexing those countries on the way, and into France thus bypassing the conventional fortifications on the Franco-German border, and subduing France, possibly blocking Britain also even if she remained neutral, leaving more troops free to hold back the Eastern front from Russia, who had long allied with France.
Saboteurs from Luxembourg,and especially Belgium, destroyed some of the rail infrastructure but the Germans entered France with less delay than hoped and initially there appeared little to stop them. This was when both France and Britain really started to gear up for war, building vehicles, weapons and munitions and transporting them to the front. It would have been quite impossible for Britain to ignore happenings in Europe, if the Germans had their own way, most of Europe may have become a "no-go" zone.
The Commonwealth was a mixture of countries which the British had colonised, many people leaving Britain to settle overseas, voluntarily or otherwise, so in view of the sheer numbers of men required in battle it seemed logical to persuade, or insist on, colonists to sign up, immigrant or native regardless. Thousands volunteered and thousands died in the process.
The Great War had to start officially on one day even though the German plans were well known in advance and the day chosen was declared. Some body had to do it so reprisal and densive action could begin.
Cor, you're absolutely correct about hostilities beginning before Britain declared war on Germany. However, the majority of historians say that Britain's declaration was the official beginning of The Great War, much like their declaration of war against Germany after the Nazis invaded Poland is considered the official start of the Second World War even though they'd been marching through much of Europe for some time before that.
Last edited by NQ6U; 08-05-2014 at 04:11 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Yea, they were still "Empire" back then, but fading fast. Our turn now.
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