To What Extent Was Germany Responsible for the First World War?

World War I was not uniquely caused by Hungary as prescribed in the Treaty of Germany and Austria-Versailles. Germany has a big responsibility for the tension of the world situation in 1914, because it is trying to build a good navy with aggressive Weltpolitik's policy. But Germany is not entirely responsible for tension, many other events occur outside Germany control and have the same effect.

Germany has great responsibility for the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. It began in 1870 when France declared a battle with Prussia, unifying Germany, which led to the event that caused the First World War. But they are other events that have led to the First World War and can not be attributed to Germany completely. The way to World War I started in the year of the French-Prussian war in 1870. This war led to a strong and vibrant unification of Germany. And it threatened many great powers, and became an imbalance of power of Europe. France was defeated, insulted and isolated in this war and led to the approach of Germany to the French territory of the Alsace-Lorraine region. This alone caused a tension between France and Germany. Because it is a big blow to France.

France from 1870 to 1871 - France was afraid of Germany since the Prussian War. In this war, the Prussian soon defeated France and occupied the majority of the country. In World War I, the Germans were very close to breaking France, and without the help from allies the country would lose to Germany. Despite being one of the winners of the First World War, France is still afraid of confrontation with Germany. During the negotiations on the Treaty of Versailles after the collapse of Germany during the Second World War, French negotiators firmly believed that the German army must be neutral.

To a certain extent, the outbreak of World War I was a tragedy of miscalculation. Austria declared a war with Serbia and hoped that it was only a short partial war. Germany misunderstood the danger of two wars. The German war plan (Schlieren plan) inevitably includes France, Russia, Belgium and the United Kingdom. The rapid assembly of the army led to the possession of advanced weapons. We can not detect damage caused by general war. This war lasts 51 months. They believe that the third Vulcan war will be a short war like the first and second Balkan wars. This serious misunderstanding hurt all the countries of Europe. On the other hand, as a result of the competitive nationalist movement, the First World War became inevitable due to long-term confrontation between power, secret alliance, militarism and imperial conflict.