A Serbian student caused 15 million deaths by killing a foreign overlord? That's viewing things in black and white plus being ignorant difference between the two.Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
If I would have to point out a single, major cause for WW1, it would be the trend of making alliances and support pacts. In this time many people had begun to believe that by using treaties and international politics war could be banished and their country secured. Add to that all the trouble that had been going on in the Balkans and you have a recipe for disaster. Individual people are merely catalysts.
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