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Who Was Responsible for the Outbreak of World War I?
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... Who Was Responsible for the Outbreak of World War I? by Shaun Harrison In studying the causes of World War I, each of the six countries; Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, and Serbia, plays a specific role that contributed to a global conflict. But was one country more responsible for the outbreak of the war than the others? This interpretation is left to historiographers with a multitude of theories, putting each of the involved countries at most blame for the war. Germany gave its full support to Austria-Hungary in war against Serbia as demonstrated by the "blank check" given by Kaiser Wilhelm. Germany had also been planning a great European war for years, having the Schlieffen plan, for a two front war, readily available. It the Triple Alliance, which played a major role in dragging other countries into the war. Germany also brought Great Britain into the conflict by invading Belgium, which














