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Topic	"history buffs" who only know about military history are the worst
ElatedVenusaur 12/15/19 8:05:54 PM #63:	coh posted... WW1 and WW2 shaped the world as we know it today what other history is there honestly Ah, but if we're talking about WW1, well, that involves nationalist movements in the Balkans, the Franco-Prussian War, the collapse of Bismarck's "Three Emperors" pact, Serbian intelligence operations, the First and Second Balkan Wars, the Entente's belief in the frailty of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, the belief of Germany and Britain that Russia was a rapidly growing threat, the erratic and alienating behavior of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Russian royal family's relationship to a random mystic, the Russo-Japanese War, everyone's dreams of empire, the feeling that a general European war was inevitable, the feeling that fighting a general European war in 1914 was advantageous(felt simultaneously by both sides), etc. etc. etc. That's all before any shots are fired. <cite>ElatedVenusaur posted [p:931636438] in "hist... [t:78257577]...</cite> <quote>coh posted... </cite> <quote>WW1 and WW2 shaped the world as we know it today what other history is there honestly</quote>Ah, but if we're talking about WW1, well, that involves nationalist movements in the Balkans, the Franco-Prussian War, the collapse of Bismarck's "Three Emperors" pact, Serbian intelligence operations, the First and Second Balkan Wars, the Entente's belief in the frailty of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, the belief of Germany and Britain that Russia was a rapidly growing threat, the erratic and alienating behavior of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Russian royal family's relationship to a random mystic, the Russo-Japanese War, everyone's dreams of empire, the feeling that a general European war was inevitable, the feeling that fighting a general European war in 1914 was advantageous(felt simultaneously by both sides), etc. etc. etc. That's all before any shots are fired. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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