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What caused World War One?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
German planning could not have predicted or caused
Austria-Hungary's reckless response
to the July Crisis.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
Historian Thomas Otte
argues that Austria-Hungary responded to the crisis far more aggressively and frantically than the Germans did.
Con claim 1, children below
However, as MacMillan claims, Germany nonetheless
decided to give Austria-Hungary their full support
rather than calling for moderation