Was Russia Responsible For Ww1

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Russia is the most responsible for WWI because they were the first to apply pressure on the other countries through mobilization, and their part in the war lead to the involvement of a majority of half of Europe. As mentioned in the video, Russia had no reason to mobilize their troops when the Austrians declared war on Serbia because the Austrians could not ready their forces for another two weeks. Even if the Austrians had mobilized, their attack was on Belgrade, not Russia. Russia was also the first to put a war machine into action and their mobilization left other countries with no other option but to prepare for war. Selfishly, Russia was mainly trying to rebuild nationalism in their politically weakened country after the humiliation they

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