"Ten lies told about World War I" Topic

Dominic Alexander debunks ten myths used to justify the slaughter of the First World War

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Armand

Wow – so much wrong in such a small article. Reads like Noddy's book of the great war. Must be one of the new breed of historians those that think the truth isn't actually important.

#3 and #5 are points that I agree with. The way European monanrchies were so entwined in alliances, competition so intense it was likely to eventually lead to war.

All the major European powers were engaged in colonialism, it is not fair ignore what UK/France and others did.

As the UK/France was on the winning side, their position tends to become the accepted and mainstream view.

A very anti-British list.

It's a revolutionary socialist site based in the UK. What did you expect?

Is it 10 lies they are telling?

Germany & Russia were the only monarchies where the monarch had actual power. The rest were significantly more limited by civilian powers. Even Austria was run by a ruling class rather than the monarch.

At the start of the 'Naval arms race' Germany actually put more resources into naval expansion than they did into their merchant marine and development of port facilities.

Tend to agree that Britain's colonial history has more than a few blemishes – but it was the largest and the most enduring of modern times so that is unsurprising. Measure history by today's standards and you will find you won't understand it.