World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1 ~ BBC.
As nations gear up to mark 100 years since the start of World War One, academic argument still rages over which country was to blame for the conflict.
England Education Secretary Michael Gove’s recent criticism of how the causes and consequences of the war are taught in schools has only stoked the debate further.
Royal cousins Wilhelm II and King George V went to warHere 10 leading historians give their opinion.
Sir Max Hastings – military historian
Germany
No one nation deserves all responsibility for the outbreak of war, but Germany seems to me to deserve most.
It alone had power to halt the descent to disaster at any time in July 1914 by withdrawing its “blank cheque” which offered support to Austria for its invasion of…
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