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>I heard that Germany was allied to Britain and Russia before WW1, is this true?

no

>>34052

>Also, I heard that Germany was allied to Britain and Russia before WW1, is this true?

They weren't allied but Britain was supportive of Prussia and the formation of a Prussian led Germany, because they threatened the hegemony of France in Europe. Relations cooled down when Britain started percieving Germany as a greater threat than France, partly because Germany became far more powerful than France and partly because emperor Wilhelm was trying to establish a colonial empire, which made Germany a threat to the British empire and naval supremacy,

>>34052

The Kaiser had retarded logic that went along the lines of "lets try and make Britain like me by attempting to make their Empire, and the French Empire seem weak" which just meant the British and the French grew closer and thought of Germany as being unstable.

Search the First and Second Moroccan Crisis for more information on this, also the Kaiser's Telegraph(?) interview and Germany's arming of the Boer during the Second Boer War.

Also, the Germans crucially did not renew a non-aggression pact with Russia at the start of the twentieth century, which meant Russia basically knew it was a matter of time before they were invaded so they preceded to create an alliance with France and here you see the Triple Entente start to form. Since Austria-Hungary had historic ties with Germany, the Germans allied with it; also because Austria-Hungary was the only friend Germany had in Central Europe and it seemed that they couldn't even fuck up an invasion of the Balkans and Russia, effectively creating a Austria-Hungarian version of Germany's "Lebensraum".

Germany was generally very aggressive towards the Triple Entente, the Moroccan Crisis for one and the refusal of a Russian NAP as another example, but also because of the 1912 War Council which basically said to Europe "we are currently preparing for war and we are not trying to hide it".

Don't take my word for it, research more yourself and get your own view from it all.

>>34060

Thank you for your post. I am trying to do more research, hence why I'm asking for some good books on the matter

>>34060

This. It's almost uncanny how the Kaiser did virtually every last thing Bismarck presumably had warned him against before Willhelm II threw one of the most talented diplomats Europe had ever seen overboard.

And all that just because of Wilhelm's inferiority complex over his crippled hand.

>>34096

Also his supposed suppressed homosexuality mixed with his crippled hand created a inferiority complex so great that he threw himself headfirst into world war. Personally, while the Kaiser had near total power, I believe that he was heavily influenced by the Junkers (elites) around him as he did seem easy to manipulate.

I recommend The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12400/12400-h/12400-h.htm

I liked it, but it's more of a biography of Bismarck. Not sure if that's what you're looking for