Yes, at the end of the day, they are ultimately responsible for WW I. Every major historian agrees to this point. They were itching for a fight with England and used an excuse of their alliance to jump in. The Kaiser was convinced that Germany was going to win in a matter of weeks or months and that France was going to fall again just like it had 40 some years ago. They NEVER counted on the English coming in and making a stand, nevermind us Americans joining the war.
So Germany won the Eastern Front against Russia (which settled and withdrew from the war) but lost the Western Front war
Which major historians? Both England and Germany were expecting that their paths were leading to war. How did Germany force Russia to mobilize or the Serbian question. I am not trying to absolve Germany, but England, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany equally believed a war was coming and it would be quick. You’ve watched way to many movies to get your historical information.
Everyone knew the United Kingdom would become involved. Have you ever read the Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans? In 1912, it was already accepted by the public that Germany and the United Kingdon would be at war soon.
The United States today is welfare state that is culturally and fiscally as far to the left as it is because of our involvement in World War I.
it has been a pillar of Britain’s foreign polices for centuries to oppose a united Germany. Maggie was simply espousing this view.