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The Causes of the First World War
The causes of the First World War cannot be as easily defined as the causes of the second. The war’s origins cannot be traced to any one source, rather it was a climax to a series of incidents stretching well back into the 19th century. Incidents which interacted and overlapped to finally produce the destruction and slaughter of 1914 -1918. Article 231 placed responsibility for the war on the German people and in particular Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Kaiser Wilhelm II had the aim of securing for Germany ‘its rightful place in the sun’. His abrasive personality provoked enmity on many sides. In dealings with other countries, Wilhelm showed a total lack of diplomatic tact. In 1896 Wilhelm sent the Boer Telegram congratulating Paul Krueger on resisting the Jameson Raid. This infuriated the British. In 1905 and 1911 he triggered the Moroccan Crises’. He questioned French control over Morocco and deman...
The causes of the First World War cannot be as easily defined as the causes of the second. The war’s origins cannot be traced to any one source, rather it was a climax to a series of incidents stretching well back into the 19th century. Incidents which interacted and overlapped to finally produce the destruction and slaughter of 1914 -1918. Article 231 placed responsibility for the war on the German people and in particular Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Kaiser Wilhelm II had the aim of securing for Germany ‘its rightful place in the sun’. His abrasive personality provoked enmity on many sides. In dealings with other countries, Wilhelm showed a total lack of diplomatic tact. In 1896 Wilhelm sent the Boer Telegram congratulating Paul Krueger on resisting the Jameson Raid. This infuriated the British. In 1905 and 1911 he triggered the Moroccan Crises’. He questioned French control over Morocco and deman...
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