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re: Knowing What we Know now, does Gavrilo Princip pull the Trigger?
Posted on 2/11/16 at 11:48 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 2/11/16 at 11:48 am to Darth_Vader
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. What's ironic though is right up until the moment armies mobilized and starting marching on their respective frontiers, most of the European leaders and great minds of 1914 considered the idea of a general European war to be impossible.
All the monarchs were basically related at that point. They were attacking their cousins.
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Posted on 2/11/16 at 12:24 pm to CadesCove
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All the monarchs were basically related at that point. They were attacking their cousins.
Literally. The King of England, Czar of Russia, and Kaiser of Germany were all grandsons of Queen Victoria. They all even held honorary ranks in the others' armed forces. Britain's King George V was an "honorary" Field Marshall in the Imperial German Army. Here he is wearing the uniform....
He's on the right in the spiked "Pickelhaube" helmet. And standing next to him is the Kaiser who is wearing a British uniform. The Kaiser also held the rank of Russian Marshall as well...
The Kaiser is on the left in a Russian uniform and that's the Czar on the right wearing a German uniform.
On a side note, anyone notice the Czar of Russia and British king would almost pass for twins? Here they are side by side...
This post was edited on 2/11/16 at 12:26 pm
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