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"The Austrians, taking advantage of a revolution in Turkey, annexed Bosnia. This was a deliberate blow at the neighboring state of Serbia which had been hoping to acquire Bosnia since it contained about 3 million Serbs among its population."
Norman Lowe, Mastering Modern World History (1982)
What can we learn from this source about who is to blame for starting the Great War? Explain.
Together as a class:
"You English are mad, mad, mad as March hares. What has come over you that you are so completely given over to suspicions quite unworthy of a great nation?...I have said it time after time that I am a friend of England...but you make things difficult for me...
The prevailing sentiment among large sections of the middle and lower classes of my own people is not friendly to England..."
An interview with Kaiser Wilhelm II, published in the Daily Telegraph, 28 October 1908
How useful is this source in explaining who started the Anglo-German Naval Rivalry? Explain.
On your own (choose one):
"If the nations want peace, the League gives them the way by which peace can be kept. League or no League, a country which is determined to have a war can always have it."
The 1930s historian H.A.L. Fisher in his book, A History of Europe (1938).
What can we learn from this source about the failure of the League of Nations? Explain.
"An unjust war has been declared on a weak country. The anger in Russia shared fully by me is enormous. I foresee that very soon I shall be overwhelmed by the pressure forced upon me and be forced to take extreme measures which will lead to war. To try to avoid such a calamity as a European war I beg you in the name of our old friendship to do what you can to stop your allies from going too far. Nicky"
Telegram from Tsar Nicholas II to Kaiser Wilhelm II, 29 July 1914.
Nicholas and Wilhelm were cousins, and had been great friends.
How accurate is this source as a source of information about the start of World War One? Explain.
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