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NaJoPoMo 2015 Bobstafford A Message in a bottle Armistice Day, back to the beginning.
bobstafford Started conversation Nov 11, 2015
Armistice Day
11.11.2015
Armistice Day, back to the beginning.
It all started with a series of unfortunate treaties, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the nephew of Austria's emperor and heir to the throne
It was a slow process as Austria-Hungary needed the support of Germany, with whom they had a mutual treaty. It took some time for Germany to confirm their support for war with Serbia
This gave Serbia in turn had a treaty with Russia the delay allowed time to get confirmation of Russia support.
Russia in turn called for the support of France and Britain.
with whom they also had a treaty with.
This diplomacy took just over 4 weeks from the time of the assassination to organise and allow Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia on July 28, 1914.
And of course there were more countries to join in later.
The pen is mightier than the sword, well it certainly does have the power to start wars. Diplomacy is dangerous.
NaJoPoMo 2015 Bobstafford A Message in a bottle Armistice Day, back to the beginning.
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