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Col. Macgregor - Ukraine Suffering Staggering Losses - #619

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The Kaiser's Misread of the Russians

"I study World War I in detail. And I know how it started with one little one event of an assassination of the archduke," he says. "Then this country reacted, then that country reacted to that country before you know it, millions of men were slaughtered and turned into fertilizer" Bismarck was horrified when Wilhelm II boasted about sending his newest German warships into the Baltic. He said, that is a serious mistake. The Russians are insecure. No one wants to be reminded of their own weakness."

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