Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJager
Some historians, revisionist in my opinion, have pushed the idea that Germany was looking for a fight.

In my opinion, from what Ive read, that isnt the case. Germany's army and navy were not prepared in the way they should have been for a major war.

The historians point to the build up of the German military and the Wilhelm's love of the military. Hell if i were running a country next to the two most powerful empires in the world I would build as big an army as I could too, and I would probably play with it on the weekends just as Wilhelm did.

All of Europe was spoiling for a fight - that is why WW1 blew up so fast.