Much of the liberal party opposed evolvement in europe's looming walk. They had no sympathy for either serbia or russia. Some indeed had a real fellow feeling towards germany and its culture. But then suddenly, germany blundered. Its war plan demanded an assault on france through belgium. Berlin formally notified london of its intention to invade. In 19 14 britain became the last major european power to enter the struggle. A few historians argue that this country could have stayed neutral in 19 14 while germany secured its almost inevitable victory on the continent. We could have prospered mightily by doing so. The dominating instincts
For this week's Sunday Debate, we're dipping back into the archive to 2014, when we gathered a panel of expert historians to debate whether Britain was right to fight in the First World War, a tragedy that laid the foundations for decades of destructive upheaval and violence across Europe. To debate the issue, we invited leading historians Margaret MacMillan, Max Hastings, John Charmley and Dominic Sandbrook to an event hosted by journalist, columnist and national security expert, Edward Lucas.
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