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Re:Seven Hanged: The Book That Started World War One by Svip on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @08:47AM (#11245148)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on 28 June. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28 July. That's a month.

And it's the period between 28 June and 28 July that real negotiations and build up happened.

And yes, Germany was ready. After the second Balkans War, Austria was interested in a war with Serbia. But while Germany supported Austria, Germany insisted that it would not be ready for such a war (anticipating a Russian response) until mid-1914, and responded to Austria (in 1911) to that effect.

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Re:Seven Hanged: The Book That Started World War One by acqq on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @08:49AM (#11245163)
> Germany insisted that it would not be ready for such a war (anticipating a Russian response) until mid-1914 and responded to Austria (in 1911) to that effect.

And mid-1914 it was.

> it's the period between 28 June and 28 July that real negotiations and build up happened

And obviously all that buildup on German side was not only that month, but planned and executed for years, per your 1911 reference.

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Re:Seven Hanged: The Book That Started World War One by Svip on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @09:06AM (#11245256)
The month was used by the French to convince the British to participate. My point is; had Austria-Hungary acted faster, Britain might have entered the war too late to help the French.
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