[Borges]

It’s also notoriously biased against the Germans. The WW1 era Germans were not Nazis.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"It’s also notoriously biased against the Germans. The WW1 era Germans were not Nazis."

The runup to WWI is truly a sad commentary. Through misunderstandings, Franz Joseph's government thought that Germany wanted Austria to go to war with Serbia and annex them. Kaiser Wilhelm was on his summer vacation during those crucial days in July and early August. This thinking gave Austria the boldness to issue a ridiculous set of ultimatums to Serbia which both sides knew Serbia could not acquisce to.

[Rockingham]

The Germans in WWI were not Nazis but they do have a lot to answer for. The consensus among historians has shifted back and forth over the years, but Wilhelmine Germany now gets a hefty share of the blame for precipitating WW I, and the early atrocities attributed to the German army are seen as accurately reported.