Actually it was those degenerate pakistanis who started the war by invading kashmir. Kashmir belongs to india now and forever.
Reply
EVERY MAN A KING
2/19/2019 08:41:04 pm
Dude, now that right there is just plain stupid. Pakistan and India got their independence in 1947. The Great War or World War 1 took place between 1914 and 1918. 30 years before the partition of the Indian subcontinent. The war was started over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian empire in the streets of Sarajevo (Bosnia today) by a Serbian terrorist. Not by "degenerate pakistanis who started the war by invading kashmir."
ShadeanHarriott
10/24/2013 01:05:54 am
Germany is mostly but, other major powers contributed, because not one country can start a war by its self.
Reply
Kashan
10/24/2013 01:05:59 am
Germany started World War One because they supported Austria Hungary and if they were to fire first they would support them 100% with all they have.
Reply
Reneka Mondal
10/24/2013 01:06:10 am
Germany did everything and it's all their fault because they wanted to take over Europe and be the strongest.
Reply
noll
2/12/2020 04:44:56 pm
nooo.... if you did any research you would know that a bunch of countries contributed. there were the willy-nicky telegrams, the Russian army mobilized first, serbia assassinated a german leader who was really important even if no one liked him, and a lot of other crazy stuff happened that wasn't germany's fault. so... nope. germany wanted to be in charge and they wanted to start a war but a lot of other countries contributed. not only one country can start a war by themselves
Reply
E. Agle
4/23/2021 07:51:33 pm
I think Britain is the cause. It’s just a giant hate. Everyone hates Germany because of WWII, but WWII started because Britain was unfair. Anyway, about WWI, all the nations were actually peaceful, all of the monarchs of every European nation was related to each other. Britain started it to get more power. It was an excuse to strengthen their empire. They tricked Russia by sending false threatening telegraphs in German, (most British knew some German because a quarter of all English came from the German Regions). Serbia shot Archduke Ferdinand by themselves, but Britain started setting up an army, and encouraged France and Belgium to rebuild their armies. This made Germany and Austria afraid that there would be a large scale invasion. The Germans immediately set up forces in Belgium to defend Germany. Britain also tricked Japan, their ally, in invading the remaining German territories, and also invaded Korea and parts of China, which also started the Pacific War and caused the deaths of so many Americans, Chinese, Australians, and even the Japanese themselves. Britain also blew up it’s own ship, the Lusitania, blaming Germany. The Kaiser himself sent a message to the British King, asking “why they were framing him, just because of a war you started?” And they also “intercepted” a message to Mexico from “Germany.” Wilson himself, nor his generals, ever saw that letter. Britain is both to blame for both WWI and even WWII. My other thing for WWII is that in 1938, the Netherlands and France owned most of the Pacific. By 1946, Britain owned all of the Dutch territories and most of the French ones. *sigh*. Maybe I went too far, idk, but it’s the truth. There’s also a mystery about the Titanic....hm...
Reply
Shanell
10/24/2013 01:06:17 am
Germany started world war 1, because they wanted to be more powerful and thought war was a natural part of life.Germany also said to Austria Hungary if you fire first I'll be by your side 100%
Reply
Aaliyah
10/24/2013 01:06:31 am
Germany did it because they wanted to start war before anyone got stronger. They also broke the pledge that said they would not go to war.
Reply
Dina Louis
10/24/2013 01:08:09 am
Germany started the war that's all I gotta say
Reply
Ryan
12/14/2017 10:29:22 am
wrong
Reply
tyler1
10/17/2018 11:32:58 pm
wrong
Javed hamid
10/24/2013 03:23:30 am
Overall I think that Austria started it because they wrote an unacceptable ultimatum to serbia which is impossible to accept. Secondly they only wanted to crush serbia and due to this hate they pulled Germany into the war, and lastly they separated all political ties with serbia showing that they don't want to be there friends and they only want to start a war with them
Reply
Jenny Wren
3/9/2019 04:41:54 am
I think so far your the closest to the truth, but behind it all the Cabal was to blame, they love wars, they love us to fight and wipe each other out, they never stop planning, pointing a finger at who they want taken down, then a trigger, today, they concentrate, on black against white, woman against man, perversion against love, one religion against another religion, as long as we fight each other, we do not look at them, they own it all already, all the wealth, all the banks, all the politicians, all the big corporations, all the food chain etc, read the book that is taking America by storm- The great awakening, by QAnon. spread the word and we may be able to save our planet from Satan
Reply
E. Agle
4/23/2021 07:55:01 pm
Are you joking or are you crazy?
Ashutosh Jayswal
10/24/2013 03:30:44 am
I believe France is the nation that promoted everyone to start WWI. Initially, it was the country that began the war because it allied with Russia to make Germans feels threatened by building a railway.
Reply
Abilash
10/24/2013 03:30:59 am
I believe Germany caused the war for many reasons. The entire war or started because Germany invaded Belgium which caused both sides allies to join in the war. They gave Austria-Hungary blank cheque. That caused Austria to attack Serbia. Germany also that in the cycle of life, war is necessary. That shows how Germany wanted to be aggressive.
Reply
Saamanthy
10/24/2013 03:35:14 am
I believe that Russia is to be blamed for the war because they were the first to mobilize their army.
Reply
Vishnugan
10/24/2013 03:38:05 am
I think Germany's is to blame for World War 1 they did many actions that caused the start of world war 1. One of many actions Germs y did was hand a blank check to Austria-Hungary to start war with Serbia which basically meant Germany will back them up when Austria- Hungary. Austria-Hungary will start war because if they attack Serbia all their allies will fight in this war.
Reply
Tawfiq
10/24/2013 03:38:11 am
Germany was the reason of WWI because one reason is that they invaded through Belgium another reason is that they supported Austria Hungary 100% and finally they failed to find a peaceful plan to avoid the war.
Reply
Amina
10/24/2013 03:39:24 am
Germany was to blame because they encouraged Austria-Hungary to terrorize Serbia. They (Germany) created the Schlieffen plan which is a plan to attack France. Germany also turned down peaceful solutions which may have resulted in no war, instead they invaded Belgium. This is why I believe Germany started WW1
Reply
Apiram
10/24/2013 03:39:24 am
I believe that Germany started WW1 for many reasons. Firstly, because Germany gave Austria Hungary a blank cheque for them to be allies with them. That made Austria Hungary attack Serbia.Secondly, Germany attacked Belgium which made Britain and France join the war. Lastly, Germany said that it would be better for them to start a war now then later because the will be less powerful in the future.
Reply
Chinese Kevin
10/24/2013 03:39:49 am
In my opinion, I think Germany started World War 1 because they created the shlieffen plan, and that made their enemies really angry. Also, they attacked Belgium first and Belgium already told them that they did not want to be part of this, so that caused Belgiums allies to fight back and defend Belgium against Germany. They also gave Austria the blank cheque which makes other countries think that Germany wants to start the war
Reply
Jay
10/24/2013 03:39:49 am
I believe Germany started the war because Germany gave Austria Hungary a blank check to back say that they will back them up. They invaded Belgium, and they also we're believing that war was a major part in there life.
Reply
Helyn
10/24/2013 03:40:06 am
Russia started WWI.
They were the first to mobilize their army, by doing so, Russia is sending a signal saying that they're ready to start a war. Russia was even told not to mobilize, but they didn't listen.
Russia also wanted the war because they wanted to regain the reputation they had before losing to japan in 1804.
Lastly, Russia convinced the Black Hand to assassinate Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, this caused the problem between Austria-Hungary and Serbia to deepen.
What information do you have to back up that Russia convinced the Black Hand? I 100% agree with you but I would like to know the original source.
Reply
Raagavie
10/24/2013 03:40:06 am
Germany was mainly responsible for starting the war, but also other countries took a role in starting the war as well. For example, the blank check. Even if Germany wrote the blank check, Austria accepted and cashed it. Therefore Austria is known to be a cause to WWI. Another example is when Russia threatened Germany for peacefully watering the plants. Therefore Russia is also a cause to this war.
Reply
Prannavi ;)
10/24/2013 03:44:12 am
I think Germany was mainly to blame for the war but the other countries also should be blamed as well.
Reply
Sujani
10/24/2013 03:44:22 am
I think that Germany was the main country that was involved in starting the war but other countries supported them to get WWI begun. Other countries helped since they were allies of Germany and they wanted to help support them so that they would support them later.
In my opinion, Germany is to blame for the war because they were avoiding to use a peaceful solution to solve the conflict between Russia and Austria- Hungary, and instead they were supporting the Austria- Hungarians to win over most of the countries in Europe (England,Russia,and France). Germany was supporting war and an evidence supporting that is that they refused Russia's offer for a peace talk. Germany used the excuse of Russia refusing to demobilize because of the treaty agreement to start war. Germany is very aggressive and greedy because they wanted to win over Europe instead of helping Austria- Hungary. Germany gave Austria- Hungary a blank cheque to help them take over other colonies so they don't get the blame. Overall, we should blame Germany for starting the war.
Reply
Thusha
10/27/2013 10:11:55 am
I blame Germany because Germany wanted to take other peoples land form other countries and then they started fighting over so i think germany started ww1
Reply
Kashan
10/28/2013 08:55:19 am
In my Opinion I think Germany started World War One because they caused so many conflicts with many different countries which made no other choice to start a war.
Germany thought that they had the strongest and largest military force by spending so much money on their force. Some say that Germany gave too much influence to the generals who made it a warlike country (Source D, F). They only ally was with Austria- Hungary and gave them an offer of a blank cheque to support them if they got to war with Serbia. Germany planned the shlieffen plan which caused a lot of problems with everyone, but also planned to take over most of Europe (Great Britain, France, & Russia). Russia asked Germany in to a peace talk but they disagreed. Germany also didn’t sign to the Belgium peace treaty (Source B, I). So Germany convinced Austria to start a war with Serbia and Germany went into Belgium which mande the three entente attack .
This is why I believe that Germany started World War One for making other countries very angry with no choice but to fire and protect.
Reply
Anurudran Cahndrasekaram
2/23/2014 10:42:26 pm
Germany was to blame for the war because they gave a blank cheque to Austria-Hungary. Which made Austria start a war on Serbia. Also Germany invaded Belgium which made Britain come in to war. Also in the Germany cigarette pack, it said that War is an element in God's natural order of things. This tells that Germany was very aggressive and makes Germany to blame for WW1.
Reply
Alexander Rodrigues
2/23/2014 10:50:05 pm
I believe that all the major European powers are to blame for the start of WW1. All the european powers did something that either started the war or contributed to it. In 1914 Austria declared war on Serbia. Germany was the one who convinces Austria to start the war. (source A) Russia was the first country to mobilize, which forced Germany to attack France. (Source G) Britain didn't declare which side of the war it was on, and if Britain did so then World War 1 could have been prevented. So, all the major European powers are to blame for World War 1 because they all started or participated in war one way or another.
Reply
Mohammed F.
2/23/2014 10:50:28 pm
I think everybody is responsible for the war because one of the main causes for WWii. One county can not be blamed for the war because there were other countries involved.
Reply
Vaishnavi
2/23/2014 10:53:30 pm
I think Germany is mostly to blame for the war however the other major countries were involved. Germany provoked Austria-Hungary to attack Serbia. Russia mobilized and England could have told the other countries that they were being neutral.
Reply
Lucy Nguyen
2/23/2014 10:54:26 pm
I think that every major country should get equal blame for starting the war.
Russia: First to Mobilize
Germany: Activated the Schleiffen plan and gave a blank check to Austria
France: Bullies to Germany
Britain: On the fence, wasn't clear what side they were on
Serbia: Trained Bosnian who assassinated Arch duke Franz Ferdinand
Austria: Bullies to Serbia
Also, the countries formed alliances to make a stronger power. All of these factors created WWI.
Reply
anon
9/17/2017 12:16:41 pm
im pretty sure Britain knew what side they were on
Reply
umer
2/23/2014 10:55:02 pm
I think everyone contributed equally to the start of the war. Russia was first to mobilize. Germany activated the Schleiffen plan in response to Russian mobilization. Although it was an act of defense, it did contribute to the start of the war. They also gave Austria a blank cheque and Austria used it. France funded Russia and provided them with money to build the railroad. Britain didn't clearly communicate that war was not a good option and miscommunication led to the start of the world war. Alliances also played a large role. All these and more mistakes by each country led to the start of the war.
Reply
Suhalabini
2/23/2014 10:57:16 pm
I think that everyone is to blame for the war, but mostly Germany. This is because all the countries played a part, but Germany managed to influence the other countries. The other countries are to blame because: Russia was the first country to mobilize, England could've used there influential power to stop the war, France provided Russia with the money for their military, Austria- Hungary cashed in the blank check given by Germany and attacked Serbia. Germany invaded Belgium (schlieffen plan), convinced Austria-Hungary to militarize and Germany itself was very militarized. Germany was a very persuasive country and because of that they are more to blame for World War 1 then any other country.
Reply
Jasmin Walia
2/23/2014 10:58:15 pm
I think that all European powers are equally to blame for the starting WWI. Although Germany influenced Austria to start the war against Serbia, Austria did not have to listen to Germany. Also, Russia mobilized first with the help of France who helped pay for Russia's military. Britain stayed on the fence, they didn't attempt to stop the war and they didn't take a side on the war. Finally, all countries were involved in the 2 alliances (Triple Alliance & Triple Entente).
Reply
Alizain Zulfiqar
2/23/2014 10:58:28 pm
I agree with Verdict #2 because Germany was to blame for the war the most but so were the other countries that were involved. For an example Germany wanted land, power, and international influence but Britain did not think the same way, they were afraid that Germany would use that against them. Also England could've ended the war if they stepped in and made a decision. Germany also encouraged Austria-Hungary to wage war which is why it is the most to blame.
Reply
Karl Arabian
2/23/2014 10:58:55 pm
In my opinion, i think Germany is to blame the war because they caused a lot of problems between countries.(Source D) And they also where the first ones to attack another country (Belgium) before any other nation attacked each other. Germany was really aggressive with other countries, pushing them to start the war. They said Its better to fight now then later. Because later Austria-Hungary will be weaker and not be able to fight at the side of the Germans.(Source C). All this evidence proves that Germany is to blame the war.
Reply
Piranavan
2/23/2014 11:02:33 pm
Germany was to be blamed the most out of all countries and i think this because they attacked Belgium which was a neutral country and this was before any other country attacked each other. Germany was also being a big influence for Austria to start a fight with Serbia. I think Serbia should take part of the blame because they killed Austria Hungary's Archduke. Overall i think Germany was at most fault for the cause of World War I, but I also think other countries like Serbia, Russia, and Austria-Hungary could take blame for some small parts for the start of the war for different reasons as well.
Reply
Aish
2/23/2014 11:08:23 pm
I think all major powers should be equally blamed in World War One. Each and every country did something that contributed to the war. Germany had initiated the schlieffen plan and convinced Austria-Hungary to declare war. Serbia assassinated the Arch Duke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand which made Austria declare war on Serbia. Russia was the first country to mobilize, convinced Serbia to use weaponry and provoked countries to declare war. France provided money to Russia to help mobilize their army by giving them a blank check. Germany had also provided Austria-Hungary a black check. Britain dragged Belgium into war, and built a navy. Britain could've also used their power to convince the other countries that war was not the right solution, All of the countries had a fault and not one country should be blamed for the start of the entire war. Everyone is to blame for the start of World War One.
Reply
Shady Nagib
2/23/2014 11:15:43 pm
I think Austria-Hungary did it for some reasons. It declared war on Serbia, because Serbian terrorists assassinated Archduke. Even though Austria didn't like him, they declared war on Serbia. Austria dragged other countries into war, such as Germany and Italy through the triple alliance. Austria used the blank cheque that was given to her by Germany. Austria supported Kaizer's plan to start war today instead of tomorrow. These are some of the reasons why I think Austria did it.
Reply
Shady Nagib
2/23/2014 11:21:06 pm
I think Austria-Hungary did it for some reasons. It declared war on Serbia, because Serbian terrorists killed Archduke. Even though Austrian didn't like him, they took it as a reason to declare war on Serbia. Austria dragged other countries into war through the triple alliance, such as Germany and Italy. Austria used the blank cheque that was given by Germany. It suopported Kaizer's plan to start war today instead of tomorrow. These are some of the reasons why I think Austria is responsible for starting WWI.
Reply
Shady Nagib
2/23/2014 11:25:23 pm
I think Austria-Hungary did it for some reasons. It declared war on Serbia, because Serbian terrorists killed Archduke. Even though Austrian didn't like him, they took it as a reason to declare war on Serbia. Austria dragged other countries into war through the triple alliance, such as Germany and Italy. Austria used the blank cheque that was given by Germany. It supported Kaizar's plan to start war today instead of tomorrow. These are some of the reasons why I think Austria is responsible for starting world war one.
Reply
Shady Nagib
2/23/2014 11:25:34 pm
I think Austria-Hungary did it for some reasons. It declared war on Serbia, because Serbian terrorists killed Archduke. Even though Austrian didn't like him, they took it as a reason to declare war on Serbia. Austria dragged other countries into war through the triple alliance, such as Germany and Italy. Austria used the blank cheque that was given by Germany. It supported K's plan to start war today instead of tomorrow. These are some of the reasons why I think Austria is responsible for starting world war one.
Reply
Hamza
2/24/2014 09:02:58 am
In my opinion I think Germany is too blame for WW1, however all european powers are partially involved in the making of this Great War. Germany encouraged Austria-Hungary to go to war against Serbia. France allowed Russia to mobilize.Also if Britain was to chose a side earlier the war could have been prevented. Germany gave Austria a blank cheque, so by them using it means they are somewhat equal to the blame.
Reply
Yash Mansukhani
2/24/2014 11:41:43 am
In my opinion, Serbia started the war because of the assassination of Austria's Arch Duke, Franz Ferdinand. I'd say that because militants from a Serbian killed him, Austria turned to Serbia and threatened to wage war on them. Soon after, Russia came in to help the Serbians by mobilizing their troops (Source E) in-case of a war between Austria and Serbia. This then led to Germany's inclusion, in support of Austria.(Source G). Thus, I'd say that Serbia was to blame for the start of World War I.
Reply
Mithuna Krishnarajah
2/24/2014 02:55:18 pm
Russia was the first country to mobilize their army which symbolized that they were declaring war. Russia was part of the Triple Entente along with Britain and France. The Triple Entente continued to get stronger while the Triple Alliance (including Germany) continued to get weaker. Russia also used French money to build railways to the border of Germany and around that area. Additionally, Russia encouraged Serbia (their allies) to use military approaches and they provided Serbia with arms and ammunition. Therefore Russia practically provoked Germany into declaring war. Russia also had a lot of motives revolved around the war. Russia felt that the war would help them gain access to the straights for trading purposes. They also resented being at the mercy of Germany’s industrial power. Therefore I feel that Russia should be held responsible for starting World War I, due to their violent approaches, militaristic influences and selfish motives.
Reply
ANish OmkAer
1/16/2019 05:11:37 am
WHere is ur evidence. u must look wiuthin to the blue devil inside each of us. We started the war and the war started us. PLus I believe u a being very very racist aginst the russia.
Reply
Phil
3/10/2016 05:19:17 am
I believe that the US did it
Reply
Al
10/4/2016 05:39:50 am
The only people to blame are the militants who assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand.
Reply
Weller Keko
10/7/2016 06:18:34 am
Debate
Who is to blame for WWI?
Austria-Hungary Started WWI
Facts to back me up:
The immediate cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, he was murdered by a group of Serbian Terrorists. Austria decided to create an ultimatum to Serbia because they didn't want the Austrians to come to their country and take away their citizens for assassinating the Austrians Archduke, in spite of the fact that they don't even like their own Archduke. Austria-Hungary constructed this ultimatum for selfish reasons.
Austria wanted to start war against Serbia with the help of Germany. Other countries told Austria not to start a war but they put their interests above keeping peace. This lead to other countries being dragged into the war. So not only did Austria start the conflict, they made the war an even bigger issue by getting other countries involved.
(So Austria really blew this whole thing out of proportion with its’ selfishness and so called need to go to war)
Serbian terrorists may have killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but he was not liked by many people anyways. His assassination did not impact anything or anyone. Austria-Hungary used the assassination as an excuse to attack Serbia.
They overreacted because the death of this man did not have any effect what-so-ever on this nation. They used the excuse of “Oh Serbia killed our “beloved” king, lets go to war against them,” to start this whole thing that was just between Austria and Serbia, and no one else. It all spiraled out from there, countries just finding reasons to attack each other. It was one giant dominos effect of “if you attack him I’ll, if you attack them I’ll…” and it got to the point where Austria had blown this out of proportion so much that everyone took sides and just went haywire, battling each other.
Reply
Big Dick Chocolate cake
12/10/2017 02:33:16 am
I think that Germany is the one to blame
Reply
Anish Omkar
1/16/2019 04:57:28 am
I firmly believe that big chungus was the sole cause of this war. Big chungus obviously started world war II as he first appeared to come into being in 1941, sparking the USA to join the war. But what we fail to recognize is that the causes of world war 2 are world war 1, therefor big chungus caused the war. He unilaterally was the german Kaiser, leader of the black hand, the Czar, the queen of england, the entire country of belgium, and the mountains in france.
Learn some history before you comment something. It's Germany who is guilty for WWI. And this stupid article say that Gavrilo Princip is Serbian. Phahahha is that a joke cuz he is Bosnian. Terorist group in which he was in is called Mlada Bosna. Learn something people about Serbian history and stop been such idiots. Nobody is talking how in 1998 Serbia was almost destroyed by Nato. But no bish cuz suck our di*k Nato we don't fall so easy. Just because our president is stupid idiot that doesn't make others stupid. But it's ok, we have our Slavic brothers Russian that were always with us. To bad that some Serbs like our president doesn't know how to use help that they give us. So thank you Russia and fu*k you Nato and America. Poljubac iz Srbije i popušite mi kurčinu. (translation:good night to all serbs and bay)
Reply
Ben
9/16/2020 12:48:18 pm
Austria-Hungary is to blame for the war. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia bringing in Russia and France. Even without Britain and Belgium, the war still would have been deadly and horrible.
Reply
Ryan
12/6/2020 03:06:05 am
Austria-Hungary was the first to actually start the war. They were the first to "Declare" war on Serbia. Each nation had their alliances that they supported and Germany was merely backing their alliance with Austria. When Russia started mobilizing troops AFTER Austria declared war then Germany stepped in and started mobilizing their troops. to be honest Serbia actually started WW1 by assassinating the Archduke which by all means is an act of war in itself. We would do they same thing today if one of our diplomats was assassinated no matter the country. It falls on the the action of the country responsible for forcing another country to retaliate. It's this provoking behavior that is being missed. To be honest Germany shouldn't have had the harsh penalties put on them in the Treaty of Versailles when so many other nations were also responsible for the war. Strictly from a historical stand point. I think All countries involved should have had harsh restrictions put on them, and should have paid collectively for war damages. To single out one nation because 2 entirely different nations declared war on each other, and those nations were merely aiding their allies is an injustice. Germany did not start WW1, Serbia did by the action of assassination.
Reply
dr phil
2/24/2021 03:05:46 pm
germany
Reply
Harambe's Left Buttcheek
5/5/2021 03:30:09 pm
Italy did it
Reply
Leave a Reply.
Who is to blame?
Which of the verdicts do you feel best represents the facts.