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- The Kaiser and Germany’s Top Military and Political Leaders Planned to Start a Racial War against the Slavs before Russia Was Fully Armed
- The Road to the Great War Started with Austria’s Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1908
- Germany Threatened War in 1909, but Russia Backed down and Accepted a Humiliating Defeat
- Military Preparations Accelerated after the Bosnian Annexation Crisis
- The Kaiser and Moltke Wanted to Start a War in December 1912, but Agreed to a 12-18 Month Delay at a War Council Meeting
- After the War Council Meeting, Moltke Sought Additional Increases in Military Spending, Explained the Plan to Attack France by Violating Belgium’s Neutrality, and Pressured Belgium to Allow Free Passage to Attack France
- Moltke Told the Secretary of State to Provoke a War in the near Future
- The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and His Wife Sophie
- Germany Gave Austria a Blank Check—a Guarantee of Unconditional Support so That Austria Could Crush Serbia Even if It Caused a World War
- Austria’s Ultimatum to Serbia and the Russian and Serbian Responses
- German Military Preparations
- Russia’s Partial and General Mobilizations Did Not Mean War
- German Mobilization Meant War
- The German Declaration of War
- Remembrance
- Endnotes
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