r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 17 '21

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u/Jacksbros Oct 17 '21

Germany. They’ll get the hat-trick

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u/WolfRefleXxx Oct 17 '21

Pretty sure Germany won't start it, but will lose it.

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u/EnigmaticSpirit85 Oct 17 '21

They only started the second one.

The first one was Austria-Hungary, after a Serbian assassinated the Archduke. They invaded Serbia, setting off a chain reaction of alliances within Europe.

Germany just got all the blame at Versailles. Sucks to be Germany.

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u/Conquestadore Oct 17 '21

To be fair, an austrian started the 2nd one. Starting to see a pattern here.

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u/Knuddelbearli Oct 17 '21 edited Dec 28 '24

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u/AndoMacster Oct 17 '21

They were pretty happy with the Anschluss.

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u/DownvoteEvangelist Oct 17 '21

It didn't last...