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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

So it was the Austrian military, not the German military? I guess they should update the history books.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

WWI: Franz Ferdinad of Austria gets assasinated —> Austria-Hungary starts WWI

WWII: A famous Austrian failed painter wasn’t happy about the outcome of WWI

And the initial post doesn’t mention any “military”

[–] ofchesoneofthose@lemmings.world -2 points 1 month ago

Yea pretty sure nobody was fighting in ww1 before the Germans attacked belgium