Nooooooo

>nooooooo
>NOT THE HECKING ARCHIDUKERINO
>NOT THE GOOD BOY FRANZ FERDINANDINO

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why are euros so retarded that they all started fighting each other over this
he was just an archduke lmao

ikr

in those days it was fun lol

ended well for me :D

The greater question is why the fuck Canada got themselves involved into that cluster fuck?

It was a sign of the times. A nationalist terrorist murdered the heir to a multinational empire. Some people tried to capitalize on this, to either strenghen the cause of nation-states or the cause of some traditional great power, many of which were multinational.

what was fun? killing germs?

the eternal anglo forced our hand

It'd also look pretty bad for Austria if they just let some literally who murder their heir and not do anything about it.

Show of power and all that.

in 1941 the fucker even declared war on us because uk is their master

>dude

really?
Straya/Kiwiland and Cucknada are UK's slaves.

Serbs paid for it by having like 15% of their population die in WW1. Personally though I think that 15% was not enough.

And it would look bad for Russia if they let Orthodox Slavs get pushed around and not to anything about it.

might have something to do with the evil empire occupying dozens of people in central europe

I suppose.
And supposedly Germany joins in because... they "had" to?

the Ottoman Empire lost its influence in the Balkans
Austria-Hungary and Russia had conflicting interests in the Balkans
Germany chose to ally with Austria-Hungary over Russia
Russia allied with France
Germany was now surrounded by enemies and wanted a preventive war to defeat its enemies
Germany was especially concerned about Russia because Russia was in the process of industrializing and unleashing its massive potential

>Germany chose to ally with Austria-Hungary over Russia
I wonder why.

because Austria-Hungary was closer to Germany culturally and historically and because A-H would be the junior partner in this alliance, which wouldn't have necessarily been the case with Russia
basically, A-H would be more dependent on Germany than Russia would be dependent on Germany, making A-H a more reliable ally

Why couldn't you ally with UK?

are you by chance implying Austria-Hungarian empire was even remotely evil compared to pretty much any of her multiethnic contemporaries?

It was reported that the people in Vienna didn't give a shit about it and continued on with their lives normally.

the UK wasn't too interested in continental European affairs as long as nobody threatened to become the dominant power
especially not in Eastern Europe or the Balkans
but yes attempting to establish a closer relationship with Britain would've been wise for the German Empire, but the naval buildup and aggressive foreign policy under Wilhelm II prevented that and had the opposite effect

fire in a power keg

Friendly reminder that Serbia and Russia started the WWI

russians got slaughtered by germans though

Because they were allied with Austria

CRISIS AVERTED

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Because of the Baghad-Berlin railway, which would make oil cheap for Germany, increasing even more it's industrial capacity, which by the early XX century had already surpassed UK

>Baghad - Berlin railway

never heard of this
thanks a lot for explanation Freund :)

duh

The Netherlands was neutral in WW1.
And the Germans even gave us cool lethal electric fences with border guards who shot Belgian refugees on sight.

But Germany still betrayed us in WW2.

Read it up, it's important.

Based

it was the trigger. not the root cause of WW1.

Thought Canadians were better educated.

WW1 was worse than WW2.
But maybe not directly for Poland.

THanks I will.

no it wasn't worse