tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post555201011111323335..comments2024-03-18T21:26:34.716-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Musing about the origin of WWIMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21201237636843025292014-10-21T08:37:09.857-05:002014-10-21T08:37:09.857-05:00I think you would like Ken Follett's 'Fall...I think you would like Ken Follett's 'Fall of Giants' if you haven't read it yet.jenUnderscore_http://underscore.solutionsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71004566558019992722014-10-21T03:54:03.852-05:002014-10-21T03:54:03.852-05:00I have heard the claim made that it was Austria-Hu...I have heard the claim made that it was Austria-Hungary's slow response to the assassination (the assassination itself was in mid-June and Austria-Hungary made it's demands on Serbia more than a month later) which was the cause of the war. If Austria-Hungary had been quicker on the draw, then the Russians would not have felt compelled to come to the defense of Serbia.<br /><br />In response to the Russians going to the defense of Serbia, Germany then went to the defense of Austria-Hungary; but when the German Kaiser asked the Generals to send the mobilized units of the Army east against Russia, the General's are reported to have stated that it would greatly disrupt their mobilization plans, since they had only made plans to go to war against France, and not against Russia.DaBrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-36141873192140150072014-10-20T13:52:23.003-05:002014-10-20T13:52:23.003-05:00Robert Newman's History of Oil claims WWI was ...Robert Newman's History of Oil claims WWI was all about an invasion of Iraq... to get oil... the Berlin Baghdad railway and such. Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.com