• #20 Hanging on Russia's apron strings - Ep 4 WW1: how much was it Britain's fault?

  • Oct 2 2024
  • Length: 23 mins
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#20 Hanging on Russia's apron strings - Ep 4 WW1: how much was it Britain's fault?

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  • In 1912 a deal between War Secretary Haldane and the German chancellor Bethmann-Holweg to allow Britain to retain naval supremacy if they both remained neutral (if neither side had started the war), was rudely sabotaged. It involved lying to Cabinet that the Germans were demanding a full-scale Anglo-German alliance, which they weren’t. It meant throwing away what the majority of the Cabinet saw as the best chance to contain Russian expansion, by making common cause with Germany. Russia, allied to the French, could now call all the shots. (R)

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