[crazyhorse691]

England cast their lot with their traditional enemy, France, in an attempt to slow the German and Austrian Empire growth...only problem with that scenario is that England was ruled by German descended monarchs. WW1 was originally a conflict between French and Austria-Hungary ambitions. Never trust the French...they were like our liberals now...the end justifies the means.

[x]

WW1 was originally a conflict between French and Austria-Hungary ambitions.

I'd say between Austro-Hungarian and Russian/Serbian ambitions. Germany backed Austria-Hungary and France threw in with Russia. The German war plan involved an invasion of France which involved invading Belgium, and that brought England into the war. It was a mess all the way around.

I guess you could see France as scheming to get their own back against Germany, but as Germany had taken away Alsace-Lorraine and imposed a massive indemnity on France after the 1870 war, France's search for allies was understandable. Germans didn't show much sensitivity in their dealings with other countries and that got worse when Wilhelm took over.