The war was fought in defence of democracy.
This is contradicted by the basic facts. Germany had universal manhood suffrage while in Britain, including Ireland, some 40% of men still did not qualify for the vote. Britain went to war due to a treaty obligation to defend the neutrality of Belgium. There was no clear and accepted obligation on Britain to do this. German aggression was the driving force for war However aggressive the German leadership may have been in 1914, the British establishment was at least as determined to take the opportunity to go to war with its imperial rival. [ READ MORE ] |