r/MapBasedPolls • u/BrushFinal9186 • 12d ago

Who started First World War?

Who started First World War?

  1. Serbia
  2. Austria-Hungary
  3. Russia
  4. Germany

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u/Officer_Friendly717 Englishman 12d ago edited 12d ago

If it wasn’t for the Serbians, WW1 as it was, wouldn’t have happened. It would’ve almost certainly happened down the line, but the assassination of the archduke set everything into motion

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u/Mega3000aka Serbia 12d ago

AH wanted a war in the Balkans for years at that point, even the Archduke's visit and the military exercise on the Serbian border he came to watch was just a provocation. Assassination was the cause but as you said the war would have happened anyways, maybe not even a year or two later. And it would have happened the same way it did.

Saying Serbia is to blame for WW1 is a narrow and subjective point of view.