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Despite his refusal, much to the shock and anger of the Kaiser, Germany planned to move forward with the attack. The commander in charge passed away in 1913 telling his successor to ensure the right side is strong against British attack. His successor ignored this advice knowing he would need horse to break through the man French line. The whole war was intended to last 39 days from the day they entered Belgium
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15 years of planning made them aware of any surprises, however it left them extremely rigid and they overlooked France’s relationships with Russia and Britain assuming they would not have time to respond before it was over
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The German plan on paper was simple. Hit hard, hit fast, don’t let them recover. The planned to send 7/8th of the army into France by way of Belgium (a nation literally created as a neutral zone for all nations). They offered the king 2 million pounds of French silver if they let the Germans pass through peacefully. Now the Belgium king was mutually agreed upon to be a bad person, even he was gobsmacked by this
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While other countries showed the grief over kind Edward’s death the Germans did as well but the heart of the people knew the time for their plan was soon. For 15 years Germany developed its plan to destroy France.
“France must be so completely crushed that she can never cross our path again”
So while the other leaders mourned the death of there friend he tried to lay the seeds of war and partnership
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“France must be so completely crushed that she can never cross our path again”
So while the other leaders mourned the death of there friend he tried to lay the seeds of war and partnership
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He was influenced by a German book released before the turn of the century that turned into a dogma for the German leaders. The book, called Germany and The Next War was about how it was the natural right of a sovereignty to need to increase its power or to burn out. This is backed in history of conquest and shaped the German minds to a need of domination. This was in the mind of the Kaiser through the 00s
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In the first decade of the 1900s a book called The Great Illusion was growing in popularity across Europe. Its message was that due to the development of trade, technology, and cooperation there would be no justification for war in the modern world as the aggressors would surely be beaten and dismantled. This belief was strong in the minds of all nobility at the funeral besides the Kaiser.
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While Edward was forging new relationships with France and Russia, Henry was trying to siphon these relationships away, but only ended up making enemies
— Jan 23, 2026 04:27AM
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The opening described Edward’s relationship with Kaiser Henry II of Germany. Edward was a massive proponent of national cooperation and toured many of his neighbors counties. He is shown as intelligent, humerous, and courteous and quickly won over new allies. Much to the chagrin of Henry who felt Germany was being overlooked. He comes across, not unsimilar to trump. Angry, self conscious, hollier then thou
— Jan 23, 2026 04:27AM
Mitchell Loughlin
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Opening on the funeral of kind Edward of England you can immediately tell the prose of this book is phenomenal.
The muffled tongue of big Ben told nine by the clock as the Cortège left the palace, but in history’s clock, it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again
— Jan 23, 2026 04:23AM
The muffled tongue of big Ben told nine by the clock as the Cortège left the palace, but in history’s clock, it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again
