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What caused World War One?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
According to Fritz Fischer,
Germany actively wanted to instigate a war
so to help them achieve their expansionist aims.
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Pro claim 1
Fischer justifies this by pointing to
highly detailed German plans
for increasing their territory and economic control across the continent.
Con claim 1, children below
Most historians deem this view to be too extreme and exaggerated.