User blog comment:Swiss Ninja/World War One Parody?/@comment-113335-20100221202926

Now, hold up, folks!

You're forgetting some WWI history!

WWI was created by a tangling of alliances due to racial, ideological, and overall tention in the now divided and often newly-decolonized nations of Europe. Germany had finally united, and the Papal states had lost a lot of control, secularizing the newly forming realms. Several empires (like the Ottoman) just fell, and Russia just became a socialist state.

Nationalism grew strong. People were proud of their country and made militaries to show themselves off. That was called militarism.

Other, weaker countries formed alliances with strong ones for protection. These alliances formed oaths, in which, if one country was attacked, all allies were attacked and thus had to defend.

However, not all states were split and/or free. Serbia was oppressed by a bigger country (can't remember which), and the Serbs were sick of it. A terrorist group called Black Hand hatched a plan to shoot a symbol of their oppressor's power, ArchDuke Ferdinand.

Upon the death of the ArchDuke, the oppressor decalred war on Serbia, Serbia responded equally, and everyone was nervous. A gunshot went off, and every ally with the two fighters were drawn in. What started as a local Serbian independence movement morphed into a World War as the allies started getting attacked by OTHER enemies and THEIR alliances.

Germany, who was in huge cahoots with one of the original starters, quickly decided to take this turmoil to their advantage, and soon became the main player in WWI. At the end of the war, Germany was harshly punished for this role. Germany was banned from having much of a military and was ordered to pay back billions in War Debt (repremandations) to the victors. This crushing debt, broken spirits, and lack of pride and an army gave rise to Adolf Hitler and WWII.

You must factor in the oppressed Serbs, the oppressor (which I just figured out was Austria and Hungary combined, "Austria-Hungary"), Germany's role, and who will be the isolationist (the USA can't because the war was on its soil, and this war is more modern than Khanzem).

Good luck!

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