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re: Do you now realize how much your teachers and parents lied to you?
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:33 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:33 pm to fr33manator
The difference between "cause" and "flashpoint" is enormous.
Your teacher made you think Gavrilo Princip started the bloodiest war ever all by himself by popping a cap in the Archduke. Not really. The cause of WWI is a pretty foggy concept, but most historians agree that the entangled alliances of Western Europe and Pan-Slavism in the east dragged everyone into killing one another. Ferdinand getting shot was just the spark on the powder keg.
Your teacher made you think Gavrilo Princip started the bloodiest war ever all by himself by popping a cap in the Archduke. Not really. The cause of WWI is a pretty foggy concept, but most historians agree that the entangled alliances of Western Europe and Pan-Slavism in the east dragged everyone into killing one another. Ferdinand getting shot was just the spark on the powder keg.
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Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:36 pm to rebeloke
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Ferdinand getting shot was just the spark on the powder keg
Yes, effectively starting WW1.
If you are in a fireworks factory and you light a match, aren't you the one responsible for the ensuing chaos?
If you are the spark that lights the fire, you still started it.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 9:30 pm to rebeloke
Yeah we teach that in 9th grade history so no secret.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 10:28 pm to rebeloke
I cannot vouch for the site, but you may want to visit [ threeworldwars.com ] to see what they have to say...
Posted on 4/9/16 at 6:47 am to rebeloke
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Your teacher made you think Gavrilo Princip started the bloodiest war ever all by himself by popping a cap in the Archduke. Not really. The cause of WWI is a pretty foggy concept, but most historians agree that the entangled alliances of Western Europe and Pan-Slavism in the east dragged everyone into killing one another. Ferdinand getting shot was just the spark on the powder keg.
I feel like you brought up this whole subject just so you could use the term "Pan-Slavism"
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