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473. The Road to The Great War: The Tsar Chooses War (Part 5)

2024/7/24
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多米尼克和汤姆讨论了1914年7月奥匈帝国对塞尔维亚的最后通牒到期后，欧洲列强之间错综复杂的关系和紧张局势。他们分析了威廉二世和沙皇尼古拉二世之间的通信，以及他们试图避免战争的努力。同时，他们也探讨了英国、法国和德国在危机中的角色，以及他们各自的战略和目标。两位主持人深入分析了导致战争爆发的关键事件和决策，包括奥匈帝国对塞尔维亚宣战、俄国的动员令以及德国的反应。他们还讨论了比利时在冲突中的地位，以及英国可能面临的介入战争的压力。 多米尼克和汤姆详细描述了7月28日至30日期间，欧洲各国领导人之间紧张的互动和关键决策。他们分析了凯撒和沙皇之间试图避免战争的努力，以及其他欧洲大国在危机中的角色。他们还探讨了导致战争爆发的关键事件和决策，包括奥匈帝国对塞尔维亚宣战、俄国的动员令以及德国的反应。两位主持人还分析了导致一战爆发的各种因素，包括民族主义、军事主义、联盟体系以及误判等。他们特别关注了欧洲列强在危机中的决策过程，以及这些决策如何导致了战争的爆发。

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El káiser y el zar intercambiaron mensajes sobre la posibilidad de la guerra mientras Austria emitía un ultimátum. Gran Bretaña consideró su papel en el mantenimiento de la neutralidad belga mientras Alemania y Austria-Hungría se preparaban para la guerra. Los acontecimientos culminaron con la explosión de un puente ferroviario en Belgrado y el posterior bombardeo de la ciudad por buques de guerra austriaco-húngaros.
  • El káiser y el zar, primos, se enviaron mensajes en un intento de evitar la guerra.
  • Gran Bretaña debatió la posibilidad de intervenir si Alemania invadía Bélgica.
  • Los barcos austriaco-húngaros bombardearon Belgrado tras la voladura de un puente ferroviario.

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“We have been forced to draw the sword”.

Following the expiry of Austria’s Ultimatum on Saturday 25th July 1914, the Kaiser and the Tsar - friends and cousins, long desirous of peace between their two nations - found themselves in a new and highly precarious situation. Even so, there was still a widespread sense across Europe that war could be avoided, with Sir Edward Grey determined to mediate between Serbia, Russia, Austria and Germany. His efforts would be frustrated when, a month after the assassination, emperor Franz Joseph finally signed the declaration of war on Serbia. That same afternoon the power brokers of St. Petersburg were urging a reticent Tsar to declare war. Then, in the early hours of the following day, there was a mighty explosion outside Belgrade, where a contingent of Serbians, embroiled in the assassination of the Archduke, had blown up a major railway bridge connecting Belgrade to Austria. Following this, there emerged from the darkness three Austro-Hungarian warships, their sights set on revenge….

Join Dominic and Tom as they describe the most dramatic day in the lead up to the First World War so far. With the world hovering on the edge of a gaping precipice, the British cabinet subsequently met again to discuss Germany’s next course of action, their thoughts inevitably turning to “plucky little Belgium”…

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