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Reason why Austria needed German support in case of war w/ Serbia was plain as day: Russia might intervene. True, it hadn't in either of the Balkan Wars b/c both times Serbia was winning & Vienna did nothing; there had been no need to bail out Belgrade, unlike in the case of invasion.. Only with German backing could the Austrians even entertain the idea of going to war in the Balkans, lest they be easily bested.
— Aug 06, 2019 06:22AM
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Dimitri
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That Conrad was keen to crush Serbia was the worst kept secret in Europe. As Cato the Elder had signed off his speeches with the Reminder 'Carthago esse delendam" so he had been consistently urging his colleagues to "solve the Serbian Question once & for all" since the First Bosnian Crisis of 1908-1909 ; he pushed for a declaration of war 25 times in 1913 alone. [& not just to impress his mistress]
— Aug 04, 2019 11:09PM
