• #21 8pm 1 August 1914 the War is Off - Ep 5 WW1: how much was it Britain's fault?

  • Oct 9 2024
  • Length: 34 mins
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#21 8pm 1 August 1914 the War is Off - Ep 5 WW1: how much was it Britain's fault?

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  • 8pm German time the Kaiser orders champagne, halts the German advance towards Belgium, and sends a telegram of congratulations to his cousin George V at Buckingham Palace. The Liberal British Cabinet had voted to remain neutral on 31 July. Earlier on 1 August Foreign Secretary Grey met the German ambassador Prince Lichnowsky (one of a string of meetings that week) to tell him that France might also remain neutral. A few hours later they met again and Grey added that even if France went to war Britain would not. So what went so catastrophically wrong in the next 72 hours? (R)

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