Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
Agreed.

Edit, no no German encouragemt Brandy Blue, it was Germany who pressed for the two-week ultimatum. Corresponce of that exists as well. It was a Prussian habit to deliver a strategy every year, the existance of these strategies is really all the guilt-question is based upon.
Thanks for the information. Its always good to learn. I still think it makes no sense to say that Germany did nothing but honor its treaty obligations. That does not mean I am saying they were "guilty," just that they cannot be justified by that particular argument.

Does the correspondance you refer to mean that there was no "blank check?" I would have thought that it would count as encouraging the Austrians to go to war by promising support.