The Schleiffen plan assumed that the French would charge into Alsace and Lorraine and would then be attacked in the rear. The French obliged but the German commander in Alsace and Lorraine put up a fight - after being reinforced - instead of retreating. As this plan brought France and the UK into the conflict, ultimately bringing defeat to the Kaiser, then clearly Germany had failed to think through its plans. Especially as no attack on France may have kept that country neutral.
@alanheath Did you completely fail to grasp the lesson? There was no "thinking through" by Germany. Wilhelm II was basically an idiot, who failed to understand that the Austrian, Ottoman, and Russian empires were all moribund. Two world wars could have been avoided had he only had a bare minimum of foresight. To me, what we have here is a demonstration that the thick-browed barbarism of the Middle Ages was alive and well. There is bound to be a third, and last, act.
@dirac33 I don't know if I failed to grasp the lesson or you failed to read what I wrote which was that Germany failed to think it through (see below).
The first world war was all about Yugoslavian unity, the second world war happened because of the first and there have been no end of problems in the aftermath of that conflict. One would have thought that the least the Yugoslavians could do was to stay together!
With the exception of the interviews from Sarajevo, I don't think that there was anything new in this at all. Nonetheless I appreciate that it had to be condensed into one hour and it gave some interesting analysis.
A synopsis of this video - Austria invades/controls Serbia; Serbian kills king Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, Austria tries to save face by punishing the Serbs, Germany is aligned to Austria; Serbia with Russia, France /Britain with Russia so: Russia declares war against Austria, Germany against Russia and Serbia, France against Germany, Germany tries to go through Belgium to get to the French and then Britain declares war against Germany
Mother always tells us to never play with matches.
Children's games with very grave results.
"A plague 'o both your houses".
doublebackdude 4 weeks ago
Thanks much for this offering. Very significant study.
MPeloquin1 1 month ago
A cautionary tale on the dangers of inbreeding.
dirac33 1 month ago in playlist BBC Timewatch - Who Started The First World War?
@ 6:52 - guy in the middle is Churchill.
dirac33 1 month ago in playlist BBC Timewatch - Who Started The First World War?
The Schleiffen plan assumed that the French would charge into Alsace and Lorraine and would then be attacked in the rear. The French obliged but the German commander in Alsace and Lorraine put up a fight - after being reinforced - instead of retreating. As this plan brought France and the UK into the conflict, ultimately bringing defeat to the Kaiser, then clearly Germany had failed to think through its plans. Especially as no attack on France may have kept that country neutral.
alanheath 1 month ago
@alanheath Did you completely fail to grasp the lesson? There was no "thinking through" by Germany. Wilhelm II was basically an idiot, who failed to understand that the Austrian, Ottoman, and Russian empires were all moribund. Two world wars could have been avoided had he only had a bare minimum of foresight. To me, what we have here is a demonstration that the thick-browed barbarism of the Middle Ages was alive and well. There is bound to be a third, and last, act.
dirac33 1 month ago in playlist BBC Timewatch - Who Started The First World War?
@dirac33 I don't know if I failed to grasp the lesson or you failed to read what I wrote which was that Germany failed to think it through (see below).
alanheath 4 weeks ago
The first world war was all about Yugoslavian unity, the second world war happened because of the first and there have been no end of problems in the aftermath of that conflict. One would have thought that the least the Yugoslavians could do was to stay together!
alanheath 1 month ago
With the exception of the interviews from Sarajevo, I don't think that there was anything new in this at all. Nonetheless I appreciate that it had to be condensed into one hour and it gave some interesting analysis.
alanheath 1 month ago
A synopsis of this video - Austria invades/controls Serbia; Serbian kills king Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, Austria tries to save face by punishing the Serbs, Germany is aligned to Austria; Serbia with Russia, France /Britain with Russia so: Russia declares war against Austria, Germany against Russia and Serbia, France against Germany, Germany tries to go through Belgium to get to the French and then Britain declares war against Germany
MerchantofTarshish 1 month ago
amazing. thnx uploader
achyutsingh 1 month ago
good documentary,
thank you for the upload
lokuzzz 1 month ago
Superb documentary.
Eurofighter19 1 month ago
great thanks for the upload!
Danny77uk 1 month ago
Thanks for uploading !!
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