Gday Jo
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but when Germany stopped playing by the rules and attacked Belgium for no reason
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None of them "played by the rules", based on all the secret treaties and political conniving that was going on in the background.
The Germans had a very good reason to "go through" Belgium as the French hadnt extended the Maginot line to cover it.
WW1 was pretty much inevitable as soon as industrialisation allowed minor countries who had been squabbling for years to get better "toys".
Just reading on the arms race around battleships makes for scary outcomes.
Sad old men with memories of glory, and tools at their disposal they couldnt control anymore.
Andrew